Case studies of problems associated with the employment of foreign workers in civil engineering projects

The inflow of foreign worker into Malaysia has been observed as causing many problems. The objective of this study is to determine the social and work related problems associated with the employment of foreign workers in civil engineering projects. Semi-structured interviews with four civil engineer...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Yusop, Imran, Tan , Chin Keng
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	IIUM Press 2011
Subjects:	HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/49067/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/49067/1/Tan_%26_Imran_%28Employment_Foreign_Workers%29_08062016.pdf

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spelling	iium-490672016-07-13T03:48:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/49067/ Case studies of problems associated with the employment of foreign workers in civil engineering projects Mohd Yusop, Imran Tan , Chin Keng HD28 Management. Industrial Management The inflow of foreign worker into Malaysia has been observed as causing many problems. The objective of this study is to determine the social and work related problems associated with the employment of foreign workers in civil engineering projects. Semi-structured interviews with four civil engineering contractors were conducted to explore the social-related and work-related problems associated with employment of foreign workers in civil engineering projects. The study concludes that the most critical social-related problems associated with the employment of foreign workers are disturbance of standard and quality of life, and jeopardising of the country’s ethnic balance whereas the work-related problems are on wage structure, excess number of workers, delay in work progress and disappearance of workers. IIUM Press 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/49067/1/Tan_%26_Imran_%28Employment_Foreign_Workers%29_08062016.pdf Mohd Yusop, Imran and Tan , Chin Keng (2011) Case studies of problems associated with the employment of foreign workers in civil engineering projects. In: Issues in Construction and Quantity Surveying. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 57-71. ISBN 978-967-418-031-7
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description	The inflow of foreign worker into Malaysia has been observed as causing many problems. The objective of this study is to determine the social and work related problems associated with the employment of foreign workers in civil engineering projects. Semi-structured interviews with four civil engineering contractors were conducted to explore the social-related and work-related problems associated with employment of foreign workers in civil engineering projects. The study concludes that the most critical social-related problems associated with the employment of foreign workers are disturbance of standard and quality of life, and jeopardising of the country’s ethnic balance whereas the work-related problems are on wage structure, excess number of workers, delay in work progress and disappearance of workers.
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author	Mohd Yusop, Imran Tan , Chin Keng
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title	Case studies of problems associated with the employment of foreign workers in civil engineering projects
title_short	Case studies of problems associated with the employment of foreign workers in civil engineering projects
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Case studies of problems associated with the employment of foreign workers in civil engineering projects

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