Dependency of foreign workers in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani ... [et al.]

The Malaysian construction industry plays an important role in generating wealth to the country and development of social and economic infrastructures and buildings. Due to unpleasant working conditions and availability of cheap foreign workers, majority of the construction companies preferred...

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Main Authors:	Marhani, Mohd Arif, Adnan, Hamimah, Baharuddin, Har Einur, Esa, Mohd Reza, Hassan, Ahmad Arzlee
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying & UiTM Press 2012
Subjects:	Labor systems Labor market. Labor supply. Labor demand, Including unemployment, manpower policy, occupational training, employment agencies
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8526/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8526/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8526/1/AJ_MOHD%20ARIF%20MARHANI%20BEJ_12%201.pdf

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spelling	uitm-85262016-05-30T03:30:52Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8526/ Dependency of foreign workers in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani ... [et al.] Marhani, Mohd Arif Adnan, Hamimah Baharuddin, Har Einur Esa, Mohd Reza Hassan, Ahmad Arzlee Labor systems Labor market. Labor supply. Labor demand, Including unemployment, manpower policy, occupational training, employment agencies The Malaysian construction industry plays an important role in generating wealth to the country and development of social and economic infrastructures and buildings. Due to unpleasant working conditions and availability of cheap foreign workers, majority of the construction companies preferred to hire them. Thus, the numbers of foreign workers has increased. In addition, employment of foreign workers has affected the economic growth, health and social problems such as malaria and cholera and robberies. This paper intends to identify the dependency factors of Malaysian construction companies on foreign workers in construction industry, the problems and also the effects of employment of them. The opinions and views of related construction companies were obtained from the questionnaire surveys and structured interviews which have been identified to give a clearer picture of the current situation of dependency level of foreign workers in Malaysia. It was found that low wages, longer working hours, higher education level by the local, availability of foreign workers and 3D’s (dirty, difficult and dangerous) environment of site contributes to the problems of the foreign workers. It is important for the government to tighten the hiring rules of foreign workers and strengthening the national security, implementing the Industrialised Building System (IBS) and fully utilized the Construction Labour Exchange Centre Berhad (CLAB) and also the Construction Academy of Malaysia (CAM). Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying & UiTM Press 2012 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8526/1/AJ_MOHD%20ARIF%20MARHANI%20BEJ_12%201.pdf Marhani, Mohd Arif and Adnan, Hamimah and Baharuddin, Har Einur and Esa, Mohd Reza and Hassan, Ahmad Arzlee (2012) Dependency of foreign workers in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani ... [et al.]. Built Environment Journal (BEJ), 9 (1). pp. 39-50. ISSN 1675-5022 https://bej.uitm.edu.my/
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topic	Labor systems Labor market. Labor supply. Labor demand, Including unemployment, manpower policy, occupational training, employment agencies
spellingShingle	Labor systems Labor market. Labor supply. Labor demand, Including unemployment, manpower policy, occupational training, employment agencies Marhani, Mohd Arif Adnan, Hamimah Baharuddin, Har Einur Esa, Mohd Reza Hassan, Ahmad Arzlee Dependency of foreign workers in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani ... [et al.]
description	The Malaysian construction industry plays an important role in generating wealth to the country and development of social and economic infrastructures and buildings. Due to unpleasant working conditions and availability of cheap foreign workers, majority of the construction companies preferred to hire them. Thus, the numbers of foreign workers has increased. In addition, employment of foreign workers has affected the economic growth, health and social problems such as malaria and cholera and robberies. This paper intends to identify the dependency factors of Malaysian construction companies on foreign workers in construction industry, the problems and also the effects of employment of them. The opinions and views of related construction companies were obtained from the questionnaire surveys and structured interviews which have been identified to give a clearer picture of the current situation of dependency level of foreign workers in Malaysia. It was found that low wages, longer working hours, higher education level by the local, availability of foreign workers and 3D’s (dirty, difficult and dangerous) environment of site contributes to the problems of the foreign workers. It is important for the government to tighten the hiring rules of foreign workers and strengthening the national security, implementing the Industrialised Building System (IBS) and fully utilized the Construction Labour Exchange Centre Berhad (CLAB) and also the Construction Academy of Malaysia (CAM).
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author	Marhani, Mohd Arif Adnan, Hamimah Baharuddin, Har Einur Esa, Mohd Reza Hassan, Ahmad Arzlee
author_facet	Marhani, Mohd Arif Adnan, Hamimah Baharuddin, Har Einur Esa, Mohd Reza Hassan, Ahmad Arzlee
author_sort	Marhani, Mohd Arif
title	Dependency of foreign workers in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani ... [et al.]
title_short	Dependency of foreign workers in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani ... [et al.]
title_full	Dependency of foreign workers in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani ... [et al.]
title_fullStr	Dependency of foreign workers in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani ... [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed	Dependency of foreign workers in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani ... [et al.]
title_sort	dependency of foreign workers in malaysian construction industry / mohd arif marhani ... [et al.]
publisher	Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying & UiTM Press
publishDate	2012
url	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8526/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8526/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8526/1/AJ_MOHD%20ARIF%20MARHANI%20BEJ_12%201.pdf
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Dependency of foreign workers in Malaysian construction industry / Mohd Arif Marhani ... [et al.]

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