The Effect of Employing Jordanian Competencies in Saudi Universities on Protecting Them from Job Exploitation, with Work Motivations as a Mediating Variable

The study aimed at identifying the effect of employing Jordanian competencies in the Saudi universities (as an independent variable) on protecting them from job exploitation by employers in the private sector (as a dependent variable), and with the presence of work motivations also (as a mediating variable). The study targeted all ranks of Jordanian competencies in Saudi universities and used a random sample of (384) respondents. To ensure the largest possible number of responses, the questionnaire was administered to (475) respondents, but (389, i.e., 81.8%) questionnaires were retrieved and analyzed. The results indicated that the employment of Jordanian competencies in Saudi universities protected them from exploitation to a high degree by employers in their home country. There was a statistically significant effect of employing Jordanian competencies in Saudi universities on protecting them from exploitation. The study revealed that there was a statistically significant effect of work motivations for Jordanian competencies in Saudi universities on protecting them from exploitation. The study recommended that the universities should spend more on the preparation and publication of research that enhances their ranking, and stressed the need to protect Jordanian competencies in their home country from exploitation by the private sector by setting salary rates for academic jobs. Moreover, regulations and laws need to be enforced by the Ministry of Higher Education, the Ministry of Labor, and unions.