Women as skilled labour: A review of issues, challenges and prospects

As an important sector in the economy of Malaysia, the prolong problem of shortage of local skilled labour which the construction is experiencing may affect the sustainability of the sector and impinge it significant roles. Currently, the idustry has to import foreign workers in order to fulfill t...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Majid, Masidah, Mohammad Yusoff, Wardah Fatimah, Sapian, Abdul Razak
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Science Publishing Corporation 2018
Subjects:	NA1995 Architecture as a profession
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/66129/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66129/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66129/1/Women%20as%20Skilled%20Labour.pdf

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spelling	iium-661292018-12-19T03:48:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/66129/ Women as skilled labour: A review of issues, challenges and prospects Abdul Majid, Masidah Mohammad Yusoff, Wardah Fatimah Sapian, Abdul Razak NA1995 Architecture as a profession As an important sector in the economy of Malaysia, the prolong problem of shortage of local skilled labour which the construction is experiencing may affect the sustainability of the sector and impinge it significant roles. Currently, the idustry has to import foreign workers in order to fulfill the demand for manual labour. Although the government has implemented various strategy including attracting new entries among local youth so that they can be trained in construction academies, the problem still occurs. It indicates that there is a need now for a new strategy as an alternative to the present approaches. At this instance, they strategy which has not formally being applied in the construction industry of Malaysia is attraction of local women to become construction skilled labour. This paper presents a review on the issue, challenges and prospect for women to be attracted as skilled labour for the construction industry of Malaysia. This paper suggested that there is potential for Malaysia women to become manual trades workers based on the literature findings that women have the capability and was once a significant skilled labour in the construction industry. Science Publishing Corporation 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66129/1/Women%20as%20Skilled%20Labour.pdf Abdul Majid, Masidah and Mohammad Yusoff, Wardah Fatimah and Sapian, Abdul Razak (2018) Women as skilled labour: A review of issues, challenges and prospects. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7 (3.25). pp. 441-445. ISSN 2227-524X https://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/ijet/article/view/17727
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description	As an important sector in the economy of Malaysia, the prolong problem of shortage of local skilled labour which the construction is experiencing may affect the sustainability of the sector and impinge it significant roles. Currently, the idustry has to import foreign workers in order to fulfill the demand for manual labour. Although the government has implemented various strategy including attracting new entries among local youth so that they can be trained in construction academies, the problem still occurs. It indicates that there is a need now for a new strategy as an alternative to the present approaches. At this instance, they strategy which has not formally being applied in the construction industry of Malaysia is attraction of local women to become construction skilled labour. This paper presents a review on the issue, challenges and prospect for women to be attracted as skilled labour for the construction industry of Malaysia. This paper suggested that there is potential for Malaysia women to become manual trades workers based on the literature findings that women have the capability and was once a significant skilled labour in the construction industry.
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author	Abdul Majid, Masidah Mohammad Yusoff, Wardah Fatimah Sapian, Abdul Razak
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title	Women as skilled labour: A review of issues, challenges and prospects
title_short	Women as skilled labour: A review of issues, challenges and prospects
title_full	Women as skilled labour: A review of issues, challenges and prospects
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