Perceived workplace discrimination, coping and psychological distress among unskilled Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia

Migrant workers face many migration-related stressors that may affect their mental health.This study examines workplace discrimination in relation to psychological distress, and the role of coping among unskilled Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia. In a sample of 119 workers (39 males and 80 fem...

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Main Authors:	Noor, Noraini M., Shaker, Muhamad Nabil
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Elsevier 2017
Subjects:	BF636 Applied psychology
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spelling	iium-557912017-04-13T04:07:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/55791/ Perceived workplace discrimination, coping and psychological distress among unskilled Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia Noor, Noraini M. Shaker, Muhamad Nabil BF636 Applied psychology Migrant workers face many migration-related stressors that may affect their mental health.This study examines workplace discrimination in relation to psychological distress, and the role of coping among unskilled Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia. In a sample of 119 workers (39 males and 80 females), results of a hierarchical regression analysis showed that workplace discrimination was positively related to psychological distress. Both problem-oriented coping and emotion/avoidance coping were predictive of distress. While problem-oriented coping was associated with lower distress, emotional/avoidance coping was related with higher distress levels. In addition, low emotion/avoidance coping was found to buffer the adverse effect of discrimination on distress. These results are discussed in relation to the literature on coping as well as the social-cultural context of the migrants and the host country. Elsevier 2017-01-23 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55791/1/2017_Noor%26Shaker.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55791/2/55791_Perceived%20workplace%20discrimination_SCOPUS.pdf Noor, Noraini M. and Shaker, Muhamad Nabil (2017) Perceived workplace discrimination, coping and psychological distress among unskilled Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 57. pp. 19-29. ISSN 0147-1767 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147176716302267 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2017.01.004
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description	Migrant workers face many migration-related stressors that may affect their mental health.This study examines workplace discrimination in relation to psychological distress, and the role of coping among unskilled Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia. In a sample of 119 workers (39 males and 80 females), results of a hierarchical regression analysis showed that workplace discrimination was positively related to psychological distress. Both problem-oriented coping and emotion/avoidance coping were predictive of distress. While problem-oriented coping was associated with lower distress, emotional/avoidance coping was related with higher distress levels. In addition, low emotion/avoidance coping was found to buffer the adverse effect of discrimination on distress. These results are discussed in relation to the literature on coping as well as the social-cultural context of the migrants and the host country.
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author	Noor, Noraini M. Shaker, Muhamad Nabil
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title	Perceived workplace discrimination, coping and psychological distress among unskilled Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia
title_short	Perceived workplace discrimination, coping and psychological distress among unskilled Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia
title_full	Perceived workplace discrimination, coping and psychological distress among unskilled Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Perceived workplace discrimination, coping and psychological distress among unskilled Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Perceived workplace discrimination, coping and psychological distress among unskilled Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia
title_sort	perceived workplace discrimination, coping and psychological distress among unskilled indonesian migrant workers in malaysia
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2017
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Perceived workplace discrimination, coping and psychological distress among unskilled Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia

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