Factors of the dependency on foreign workforce in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani and Har Einur Azrin Baharuddin

The Malaysian construction industry plays an important role in generating wealth to the country and development of social and economic infrastructures and buildings. Due to unpleasant working conditions and availability of cheap foreign workers, majority of the construction companies preferred to hi...

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Main Authors:	Marhani, Mohd Arif, Baharuddin, Har Einur Azrin
Format:	Research Reports
Language:	English
Published:	Research Management Institute (RMI) 2010
Subjects:	Immigrant labor. Foreign workers Construction industry
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26399/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26399/1/LP_MOHD%20ARIF%20MARHANI%2010_5.pdf

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spelling	uitm-263992019-11-18T04:17:07Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26399/ Factors of the dependency on foreign workforce in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani and Har Einur Azrin Baharuddin Marhani, Mohd Arif Baharuddin, Har Einur Azrin Immigrant labor. Foreign workers Construction industry The Malaysian construction industry plays an important role in generating wealth to the country and development of social and economic infrastructures and buildings. Due to unpleasant working conditions and availability of cheap foreign workers, majority of the construction companies preferred to hire them. Thus, the numbers of foreign workers has increased. In addition, employment of foreign work workers has affected the economic growth, health and social problems such as malaria and cholera and robberies. This research was conducted to identify the dependency factors of Malaysian construction companies on foreign workforces in construction industry, the problems and also the affects of employment of them. The opinions and views of related construction companies were obtained from the questionnaire surveys and structured interviews which have been identified to give a clearer picture of the current situation of dependency level of foreign workers in Malaysia. Based on the findings, it was concluded that low wages are the main factors, followed by longer working hours, higher education level by the local, availability of foreign workers and 3D's environment of site. Besides, there are problems and affects by employing the foreign workers. It is important for the government to tighten the hiring rules of foreign workers and strengthening the national security, implementing the Industrialised Building System (IBS) and fully utilised the Construction Labour Exchange Centre Berhad (CLAB) and also the Construction Academy of Malaysia (CAM). Research Management Institute (RMI) 2010 Research Reports NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26399/1/LP_MOHD%20ARIF%20MARHANI%2010_5.pdf Marhani, Mohd Arif and Baharuddin, Har Einur Azrin (2010) Factors of the dependency on foreign workforce in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani and Har Einur Azrin Baharuddin. [Research Reports] (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	Immigrant labor. Foreign workers Construction industry Marhani, Mohd Arif Baharuddin, Har Einur Azrin Factors of the dependency on foreign workforce in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani and Har Einur Azrin Baharuddin
description	The Malaysian construction industry plays an important role in generating wealth to the country and development of social and economic infrastructures and buildings. Due to unpleasant working conditions and availability of cheap foreign workers, majority of the construction companies preferred to hire them. Thus, the numbers of foreign workers has increased. In addition, employment of foreign work workers has affected the economic growth, health and social problems such as malaria and cholera and robberies. This research was conducted to identify the dependency factors of Malaysian construction companies on foreign workforces in construction industry, the problems and also the affects of employment of them. The opinions and views of related construction companies were obtained from the questionnaire surveys and structured interviews which have been identified to give a clearer picture of the current situation of dependency level of foreign workers in Malaysia. Based on the findings, it was concluded that low wages are the main factors, followed by longer working hours, higher education level by the local, availability of foreign workers and 3D's environment of site. Besides, there are problems and affects by employing the foreign workers. It is important for the government to tighten the hiring rules of foreign workers and strengthening the national security, implementing the Industrialised Building System (IBS) and fully utilised the Construction Labour Exchange Centre Berhad (CLAB) and also the Construction Academy of Malaysia (CAM).
format	Research Reports
author	Marhani, Mohd Arif Baharuddin, Har Einur Azrin
author_facet	Marhani, Mohd Arif Baharuddin, Har Einur Azrin
author_sort	Marhani, Mohd Arif
title	Factors of the dependency on foreign workforce in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani and Har Einur Azrin Baharuddin
title_short	Factors of the dependency on foreign workforce in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani and Har Einur Azrin Baharuddin
title_full	Factors of the dependency on foreign workforce in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani and Har Einur Azrin Baharuddin
title_fullStr	Factors of the dependency on foreign workforce in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani and Har Einur Azrin Baharuddin
title_full_unstemmed	Factors of the dependency on foreign workforce in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani and Har Einur Azrin Baharuddin
title_sort	factors of the dependency on foreign workforce in malaysian construction industry / mohd arif marhani and har einur azrin baharuddin
publisher	Research Management Institute (RMI)
publishDate	2010
url	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26399/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26399/1/LP_MOHD%20ARIF%20MARHANI%2010_5.pdf
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Factors of the dependency on foreign workforce in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani and Har Einur Azrin Baharuddin

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