Employment Of foreign labours in the Malaysian construction industry: Contractor's perspective
Labour is one of the main resources required by contractors before any construction processes can be initiated. It is a well known fact that foreign labour dominated the workforce in the Malaysian construction industry. This paper reports on a preliminary study on foreign labour employment from cont...
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| author | Hasan, Sharina Farihah Mohd Nordin, Siti hajar |
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| description | Labour is one of the main resources required by contractors before any construction processes can be initiated. It is a well known fact that foreign labour dominated the workforce in the Malaysian construction industry. This paper reports on a preliminary study on foreign labour employment from contractor's perspective. The objective of the study is to identify and understand the critical reasons behind foreign labour employment by contractors. The methodology involves review of literatures and questionnaire survey. The paper concludes that contractor is in favor of foreign labour employment due to the various benefits they offer and that mainly to overcome the shortage of local workforce in the industry. |
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| spelling | iium-132012025-07-17T06:36:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/13201/ Employment Of foreign labours in the Malaysian construction industry: Contractor's perspective Hasan, Sharina Farihah Mohd Nordin, Siti hajar HD Industries. Land use. Labor Labour is one of the main resources required by contractors before any construction processes can be initiated. It is a well known fact that foreign labour dominated the workforce in the Malaysian construction industry. This paper reports on a preliminary study on foreign labour employment from contractor's perspective. The objective of the study is to identify and understand the critical reasons behind foreign labour employment by contractors. The methodology involves review of literatures and questionnaire survey. The paper concludes that contractor is in favor of foreign labour employment due to the various benefits they offer and that mainly to overcome the shortage of local workforce in the industry. 2011-07 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/13201/1/MiCRA_2011-1.pdf Hasan, Sharina Farihah and Mohd Nordin, Siti hajar (2011) Employment Of foreign labours in the Malaysian construction industry: Contractor's perspective. In: Management In Construction Researchers' Association (MICRA) 10th Annual Conference and Meeting, 26-27 July 2011, Kulliyyah of Architecture & Environmental Design, IIUM. http://micra2011.blogspot.com/ |
| spellingShingle | HD Industries. Land use. Labor Hasan, Sharina Farihah Mohd Nordin, Siti hajar Employment Of foreign labours in the Malaysian construction industry: Contractor's perspective |
| title | Employment Of foreign labours in the Malaysian construction industry: Contractor's perspective |
| title_full | Employment Of foreign labours in the Malaysian construction industry: Contractor's perspective |
| title_fullStr | Employment Of foreign labours in the Malaysian construction industry: Contractor's perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Employment Of foreign labours in the Malaysian construction industry: Contractor's perspective |
| title_short | Employment Of foreign labours in the Malaysian construction industry: Contractor's perspective |
| title_sort | employment of foreign labours in the malaysian construction industry: contractor's perspective |
| topic | HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/13201/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/13201/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/13201/1/MiCRA_2011-1.pdf |