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تضم السعودية من بين دول العالم أجمع أكبر من الهنود يعملون خارج بلدانهم، وهذا ما يفسر وجود ثماني مدارس هندية في مدينة الرياض. وتهدف هذه الدراسة إلى الكشف عن أسباب اختيار رب الأسرة الهندية للعمل في مدينة الرياض وعن مدى التكيف الشخصي والاجتماعي والاقتصادي والثقافي لأفراد الأسرة الهندية، متخذة رب الأسرة وحدة للتحليل، كما تصف الدراسة الصعوبات التي تواجههم في أثناء معيشتهم في مدينة الرياض، وبينهم وبين أقاربهم في الهند تضعف درجة تكيفهم في مجتمع المضيف لم يقدموا إلا القليل لتسهيل عملية التكيف ما عدا التكيف الاقتصادي.
Decades of economic growth fueled by income from oil have attracted guest workers from many countries to Saudi Arabia. This inspired me to study one of the dominant migrant nationalities in Saudi Arabia; I offer this descriptive study which designated an Indian head of household as the unit of study of an Indian family member's adjustment. The study aims to describe the pull factors behind their migration, examine the extent of personal, social, economic and cultural adjustment, and also attempts to recognize the difficulties faced by members of the family. The study used questionnaires to obtain data from 180 respondents and interviewed 20 of the subjects, targeting parents of students at Indian International schools. Since the economic factor played a major role in respondents' migration, they made their adjustment to maximize the economic benefits through many means such as extra jobs, and living in low rent areas, which hampered their daily interaction with Saudi nationals. Little effort has been made to learn the local language, which affected social interaction negatively along with a different culture and the availability of international schools for their children. In addition the international schools do not make the learning of Arabic compulsory, negatively impacting social interaction. In spite of this low interaction the majority of respondents still want to renew their work contracts. Religion is the one exception that allowed for potential interaction. In general, the study found that little has been done by both Indian Immigrants and the host society to sufficiently adjust Indians and their families to the local social life.
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