Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli estate / NurAziemah Jasni and Nasuddin Othman.
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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| author | Jasni, NurAziemah Othman, Nasuddin |
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| 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
Mensuli Estate. The method that had been used to obtain the data in this study was questionnaires distribution method and personal interviews. The questionnaires
consisted of four (4) sections the questionnaire format based on Likert Scale. The data was analysed by using factorial analysis. The factor analysis identified seven factors that led to welfare and employment issues of
foreign workers. The factors including 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. It was found that most of the respondents knew 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 local
younger generation to work in the plantation sectors. |
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| spelling | uitm-330092020-08-05T09:29:16Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33009/ Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli estate / NurAziemah Jasni and Nasuddin Othman. abrij Jasni, NurAziemah Othman, Nasuddin Labor. Work. Working class Immigrant labor. Foreign workers 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 Mensuli Estate. The method that had been used to obtain the data in this study was questionnaires distribution method and personal interviews. The questionnaires consisted of four (4) sections the questionnaire format based on Likert Scale. The data was analysed by using factorial analysis. The factor analysis identified seven factors that led to welfare and employment issues of foreign workers. The factors including 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. It was found that most of the respondents knew 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 local younger generation to work in the plantation sectors. Universiti Teknologi Mara Selangor 2016-06 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33009/1/33009.pdf Jasni, NurAziemah and Othman, Nasuddin (2016) Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli estate / NurAziemah Jasni and Nasuddin Othman. (2016) Advances in Business Research International Journal <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Advances_in_Business_Research_International_Journal.html>, 2 (1). pp. 1-15. ISSN 2462-1838 https://abrij.uitm.edu.my/images/document/vol2no1/p63-77_NurAziemah.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Labor. Work. Working class Immigrant labor. Foreign workers Jasni, NurAziemah Othman, Nasuddin Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli estate / NurAziemah Jasni and Nasuddin Othman. |
| title | Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli estate / NurAziemah Jasni and Nasuddin Othman. |
| title_full | Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli estate / NurAziemah Jasni and Nasuddin Othman. |
| title_fullStr | Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli estate / NurAziemah Jasni and Nasuddin Othman. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli estate / NurAziemah Jasni and Nasuddin Othman. |
| title_short | Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli estate / NurAziemah Jasni and Nasuddin Othman. |
| title_sort | welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in sabah: a case study of mensuli estate / nuraziemah jasni and nasuddin othman. |
| topic | Labor. Work. Working class Immigrant labor. Foreign workers |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33009/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33009/ |