Roles and social adaptability of Bangladeshi migrant workers in commercialised farming of Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

This paper studies the roles and social adaptability of Bangladeshi plantation workers in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia who are involved in the newly-devised commercialised agricultural farming. Cameron Highlands has recently been identified as a strategic farming area for which many foreign workers i...

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Main Authors:	Karim, A.H.M Zehadul, Rokis, Rohaiza, Basir, Norasikin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	European Journals Inc. 2017
Subjects:	GN Anthropology HM Sociology
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/60326/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/60326/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/60326/1/002%20EJSS_55_3_10.pdf

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spelling	iium-603262017-12-31T16:14:33Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/60326/ Roles and social adaptability of Bangladeshi migrant workers in commercialised farming of Cameron Highlands, Malaysia Karim, A.H.M Zehadul Rokis, Rohaiza Basir, Norasikin GN Anthropology HM Sociology This paper studies the roles and social adaptability of Bangladeshi plantation workers in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia who are involved in the newly-devised commercialised agricultural farming. Cameron Highlands has recently been identified as a strategic farming area for which many foreign workers including the Bangladeshis have been attracted to perform multifarious activities relating to plantation agriculture. Due to having profound socio-cultural background and proper farming orientation in their country of origin, these Bangladeshi workers are performing positively in the activities at various plantations. The findings of this research indicate that the Bangladeshi migrant workers in particular are adopting some special mechanisms for potential farming in Cameron Highlands but in terms of social adaptability, these workers are facing some challenges in relation to their socio-cultural interaction and living. The identification of these problems relating to foreign workers and understanding their intricate role and activities will allow policy planners to take note of future strategies in regard to protecting the labour sector of this economy. European Journals Inc. 2017-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60326/1/002%20EJSS_55_3_10.pdf Karim, A.H.M Zehadul and Rokis, Rohaiza and Basir, Norasikin (2017) Roles and social adaptability of Bangladeshi migrant workers in commercialised farming of Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. European Journal of Social Sciences, 55 (3). pp. 375-361. ISSN 1450-2267 http://www.europeanjournalofsocialsciences.com/issues/PDF/EJSS_55_3_10.pdf
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description	This paper studies the roles and social adaptability of Bangladeshi plantation workers in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia who are involved in the newly-devised commercialised agricultural farming. Cameron Highlands has recently been identified as a strategic farming area for which many foreign workers including the Bangladeshis have been attracted to perform multifarious activities relating to plantation agriculture. Due to having profound socio-cultural background and proper farming orientation in their country of origin, these Bangladeshi workers are performing positively in the activities at various plantations. The findings of this research indicate that the Bangladeshi migrant workers in particular are adopting some special mechanisms for potential farming in Cameron Highlands but in terms of social adaptability, these workers are facing some challenges in relation to their socio-cultural interaction and living. The identification of these problems relating to foreign workers and understanding their intricate role and activities will allow policy planners to take note of future strategies in regard to protecting the labour sector of this economy.
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author	Karim, A.H.M Zehadul Rokis, Rohaiza Basir, Norasikin
author_facet	Karim, A.H.M Zehadul Rokis, Rohaiza Basir, Norasikin
author_sort	Karim, A.H.M Zehadul
title	Roles and social adaptability of Bangladeshi migrant workers in commercialised farming of Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
title_short	Roles and social adaptability of Bangladeshi migrant workers in commercialised farming of Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
title_full	Roles and social adaptability of Bangladeshi migrant workers in commercialised farming of Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Roles and social adaptability of Bangladeshi migrant workers in commercialised farming of Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Roles and social adaptability of Bangladeshi migrant workers in commercialised farming of Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
title_sort	roles and social adaptability of bangladeshi migrant workers in commercialised farming of cameron highlands, malaysia
publisher	European Journals Inc.
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/60326/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/60326/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/60326/1/002%20EJSS_55_3_10.pdf
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Roles and social adaptability of Bangladeshi migrant workers in commercialised farming of Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

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