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This Chapter concludes this book ‘Employee Motivation in Saudi Arabia: An Investigation into the Higher Education Sector’, outlines the scope for future research and offers recommendations for theorisation and management of employee motivation.
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Fallatah, R.H.M., Syed, J. (2018). Conclusion: The Cross-Cultural Complex. In: Employee Motivation in Saudi Arabia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67741-5_8
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