Impact of foreign workers in oil palm plantation sector at Layang-layang, Johor / Aleena Mohamad Amin

The statistics of foreign workers in Malaysia are growing yearly as most employers prefer to recruit them as workforce in industry. Thus, study on the impact of foreign workers specified in oil palm plantation sector is conducted at Layang-layang area in Johor. The objectives are to evaluate the rel...

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Main Author:	Mohamad Amin, Aleena
Format:	Student Project
Published:	Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2019
Subjects:	Labor. Work. Working class Immigrant labor. Foreign workers Agricultural industries
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23816/

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spelling	uitm-238162019-04-16T07:51:14Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23816/ Impact of foreign workers in oil palm plantation sector at Layang-layang, Johor / Aleena Mohamad Amin Mohamad Amin, Aleena Labor. Work. Working class Immigrant labor. Foreign workers Agricultural industries The statistics of foreign workers in Malaysia are growing yearly as most employers prefer to recruit them as workforce in industry. Thus, study on the impact of foreign workers specified in oil palm plantation sector is conducted at Layang-layang area in Johor. The objectives are to evaluate the relationship of factors that influence the negative impact induced by foreign workers in plantation sector and the sub-aimed of this study is to determine the most influence factor that contribute to the negative impact induced by foreign workers in plantation. The factors are over-dependence on foreign workers, lack of interest of local workers to work in plantation and existence of illegal workers. A structured questionnaire is designed and distributed to the executive levels as respondent. The sample for this study is 70 samples using Table Krejchie and Morgan, 1970. The data collected and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) program. The data analyzed using correlation and multiple regression analysis. The descriptive analysis is included gender, job position, education level, working experiences and profile of studied place. The study shows that factors of over-dependence on foreign workers and lack of interest of local workers have weakly negative correlation. While, factor of existence of illegal workers has weak positive correlation. From the analysis tested, only factor of over-dependence on foreign workers have significant correlation coefficient where it also a major factor that contribute to the negative impact induced by foreign workers. Government should take initiative to improve technologies in plantation so that employers are not too rely on foreign labor. Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2019 Student Project NonPeerReviewed Mohamad Amin, Aleena (2019) Impact of foreign workers in oil palm plantation sector at Layang-layang, Johor / Aleena Mohamad Amin. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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topic	Labor. Work. Working class Immigrant labor. Foreign workers Agricultural industries
spellingShingle	Labor. Work. Working class Immigrant labor. Foreign workers Agricultural industries Mohamad Amin, Aleena Impact of foreign workers in oil palm plantation sector at Layang-layang, Johor / Aleena Mohamad Amin
description	The statistics of foreign workers in Malaysia are growing yearly as most employers prefer to recruit them as workforce in industry. Thus, study on the impact of foreign workers specified in oil palm plantation sector is conducted at Layang-layang area in Johor. The objectives are to evaluate the relationship of factors that influence the negative impact induced by foreign workers in plantation sector and the sub-aimed of this study is to determine the most influence factor that contribute to the negative impact induced by foreign workers in plantation. The factors are over-dependence on foreign workers, lack of interest of local workers to work in plantation and existence of illegal workers. A structured questionnaire is designed and distributed to the executive levels as respondent. The sample for this study is 70 samples using Table Krejchie and Morgan, 1970. The data collected and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) program. The data analyzed using correlation and multiple regression analysis. The descriptive analysis is included gender, job position, education level, working experiences and profile of studied place. The study shows that factors of over-dependence on foreign workers and lack of interest of local workers have weakly negative correlation. While, factor of existence of illegal workers has weak positive correlation. From the analysis tested, only factor of over-dependence on foreign workers have significant correlation coefficient where it also a major factor that contribute to the negative impact induced by foreign workers. Government should take initiative to improve technologies in plantation so that employers are not too rely on foreign labor.
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author	Mohamad Amin, Aleena
author_facet	Mohamad Amin, Aleena
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title	Impact of foreign workers in oil palm plantation sector at Layang-layang, Johor / Aleena Mohamad Amin
title_short	Impact of foreign workers in oil palm plantation sector at Layang-layang, Johor / Aleena Mohamad Amin
title_full	Impact of foreign workers in oil palm plantation sector at Layang-layang, Johor / Aleena Mohamad Amin
title_fullStr	Impact of foreign workers in oil palm plantation sector at Layang-layang, Johor / Aleena Mohamad Amin
title_full_unstemmed	Impact of foreign workers in oil palm plantation sector at Layang-layang, Johor / Aleena Mohamad Amin
title_sort	impact of foreign workers in oil palm plantation sector at layang-layang, johor / aleena mohamad amin
publisher	Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology
publishDate	2019
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Impact of foreign workers in oil palm plantation sector at Layang-layang, Johor / Aleena Mohamad Amin

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