Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah:a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni

The study analysed the welfare and employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah. This study aims to determine the main factors that contribute to the oil palm productivity in relation to minimum wage, welfare management, and training provided to the foreign workers, to examine productivity...

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Main Author: Jasni, Nur Aziemah
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14252/
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spelling uitm-142522016-08-11T07:45:51Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14252/ Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah:a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni Jasni, Nur Aziemah Labor. Work environment Malaysia The study analysed the welfare and employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah. This study aims to determine the main factors that contribute to the oil palm productivity in relation to minimum wage, welfare management, and training provided to the foreign workers, to examine productivity status of the foreign harvesters and loose fruit collectors with welfare management and to examine the foreign harvesters and loose fruit collectors’ employment situations in oil palm plantations in the study area. The method that been used to obtain the data in this study was questionnaire distribution method and personal interviews. The questionnaire consisted four (4) sections the questionnaire format based on Likert Scale. The data were analysed by using factorial analysis. The factor analysis identified seven factors that lead to welfare and employment issues of foreign workers. The results showed that competition with Indonesian palm oil plantation, training provided by the company, welfare management, satisfaction with the company welfare management, wage satisfaction, minimum wage and high cost of living have effects on welfare and employment issues of foreign workers in this study. It was found that most of the respondents know about the wage hike in Indonesia palm oil plantations and they were willing to return back to their homeland. Therefore the government should take an action to prevent the workers shortage issues in the plantation by encouraging younger generation to work in the plantation sectors 2014 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14252/1/TM_NUR%20AZIEMAH%20JASNI%20AT%2014_5.pdf Jasni, Nur Aziemah (2014) Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah:a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
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Jasni, Nur Aziemah
Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah:a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni
description The study analysed the welfare and employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah. This study aims to determine the main factors that contribute to the oil palm productivity in relation to minimum wage, welfare management, and training provided to the foreign workers, to examine productivity status of the foreign harvesters and loose fruit collectors with welfare management and to examine the foreign harvesters and loose fruit collectors’ employment situations in oil palm plantations in the study area. The method that been used to obtain the data in this study was questionnaire distribution method and personal interviews. The questionnaire consisted four (4) sections the questionnaire format based on Likert Scale. The data were analysed by using factorial analysis. The factor analysis identified seven factors that lead to welfare and employment issues of foreign workers. The results showed that competition with Indonesian palm oil plantation, training provided by the company, welfare management, satisfaction with the company welfare management, wage satisfaction, minimum wage and high cost of living have effects on welfare and employment issues of foreign workers in this study. It was found that most of the respondents know about the wage hike in Indonesia palm oil plantations and they were willing to return back to their homeland. Therefore the government should take an action to prevent the workers shortage issues in the plantation by encouraging younger generation to work in the plantation sectors
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author Jasni, Nur Aziemah
author_facet Jasni, Nur Aziemah
author_sort Jasni, Nur Aziemah
title Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah:a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni
title_short Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah:a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni
title_full Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah:a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni
title_fullStr Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah:a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni
title_full_unstemmed Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah:a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni
title_sort welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in sabah:a case study of mensuli estate / nur aziemah jasni
publishDate 2014
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14252/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14252/1/TM_NUR%20AZIEMAH%20JASNI%20AT%2014_5.pdf
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