Factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construction industry

Study Objective:(an increasing numbers of foreign workers resulted from strong economic growth that recorded employment creation added on jobs and all major sectors saw on employment growth. This research attempts to highlight on factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construct...

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Main Author: Ariana, Anak Henry Peros
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2013
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9079/
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description Study Objective:(an increasing numbers of foreign workers resulted from strong economic growth that recorded employment creation added on jobs and all major sectors saw on employment growth. This research attempts to highlight on factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construction industry such as total employment, Malaysia gross domestic products and wag, Design/methodology/approach: A regression analysis is conducted using secondary data from 1982 to 2012 in order to determine factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construction industry. Findings: The study is conducted using Eviews 7.0 by using Unit Root Test, Johansen Co Integration Test and Granger Causality test to determine factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construction industry. Results: The results demonstrate a significant relationship between independent variables such as total employment, Malaysia gross domestic product and wages with the dependent variable inflow of foreign workers in Malaysia construction industry.
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spelling unimas-90792025-05-13T08:05:39Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9079/ Factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construction industry Ariana, Anak Henry Peros HM Sociology Study Objective:(an increasing numbers of foreign workers resulted from strong economic growth that recorded employment creation added on jobs and all major sectors saw on employment growth. This research attempts to highlight on factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construction industry such as total employment, Malaysia gross domestic products and wag, Design/methodology/approach: A regression analysis is conducted using secondary data from 1982 to 2012 in order to determine factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construction industry. Findings: The study is conducted using Eviews 7.0 by using Unit Root Test, Johansen Co Integration Test and Granger Causality test to determine factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construction industry. Results: The results demonstrate a significant relationship between independent variables such as total employment, Malaysia gross domestic product and wages with the dependent variable inflow of foreign workers in Malaysia construction industry. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2013 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9079/2/Ariana%20ft.pdf Ariana, Anak Henry Peros (2013) Factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construction industry. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS).
spellingShingle HM Sociology
Ariana, Anak Henry Peros
Factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construction industry
title Factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construction industry
title_full Factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construction industry
title_fullStr Factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construction industry
title_full_unstemmed Factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construction industry
title_short Factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to Malaysia construction industry
title_sort factors attracting the inflow of foreign workers to malaysia construction industry
topic HM Sociology
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9079/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9079/2/Ariana%20ft.pdf