Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni

The study analysed the welfare and employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah. This study aims to determine the main factors that contribute to the oil palm productivity in relation to minimum wage, welfare management, and training provided to the foreign workers, to examine productivity...

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Main Author:	Jasni, Nur Aziemah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Labor Work environment Malaysia
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14252/1/TM_NUR%20AZIEMAH%20JASNI%20AT%2014_5.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.142522022-04-20T07:08:37Z Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni 2014-07 Jasni, Nur Aziemah Labor. Work environment Malaysia The study analysed the welfare and employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah. This study aims to determine the main factors that contribute to the oil palm productivity in relation to minimum wage, welfare management, and training provided to the foreign workers, to examine productivity status of the foreign harvesters and loose fruit collectors with welfare management and to examine the foreign harvesters and loose fruit collectors’ employment situations in oil palm plantations in the study area. The method that been used to obtain the data in this study was questionnaire distribution method and personal interviews. The questionnaire consisted four (4) sections the questionnaire format based on Likert Scale. The data were analysed by using factorial analysis. The factor analysis identified seven factors that lead to welfare and employment issues of foreign workers. The results showed that competition with Indonesian palm oil plantation, training provided by the company, welfare management, satisfaction with the company welfare management, wage satisfaction, minimum wage and high cost of living have effects on welfare and employment issues of foreign workers in this study. It was found that most of the respondents know about the wage hike in Indonesia palm oil plantations and they were willing to return back to their homeland. Therefore the government should take an action to prevent the workers shortage issues in the plantation by encouraging younger generation to work in the plantation sectors. 2014-07 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14252/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14252/1/TM_NUR%20AZIEMAH%20JASNI%20AT%2014_5.pdf text en public mphil masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Plantation adnd Agrotechnology Othman, Nasuddin (Dato’ Prof Dr. Hj.)
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topic	Labor Work environment Malaysia
spellingShingle	Labor Work environment Malaysia Jasni, Nur Aziemah Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni
description	The study analysed the welfare and employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah. This study aims to determine the main factors that contribute to the oil palm productivity in relation to minimum wage, welfare management, and training provided to the foreign workers, to examine productivity status of the foreign harvesters and loose fruit collectors with welfare management and to examine the foreign harvesters and loose fruit collectors’ employment situations in oil palm plantations in the study area. The method that been used to obtain the data in this study was questionnaire distribution method and personal interviews. The questionnaire consisted four (4) sections the questionnaire format based on Likert Scale. The data were analysed by using factorial analysis. The factor analysis identified seven factors that lead to welfare and employment issues of foreign workers. The results showed that competition with Indonesian palm oil plantation, training provided by the company, welfare management, satisfaction with the company welfare management, wage satisfaction, minimum wage and high cost of living have effects on welfare and employment issues of foreign workers in this study. It was found that most of the respondents know about the wage hike in Indonesia palm oil plantations and they were willing to return back to their homeland. Therefore the government should take an action to prevent the workers shortage issues in the plantation by encouraging younger generation to work in the plantation sectors.
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qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Jasni, Nur Aziemah
author_facet	Jasni, Nur Aziemah
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title	Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni
title_short	Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni
title_full	Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni
title_fullStr	Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department	Faculty of Plantation adnd Agrotechnology
publishDate	2014
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Welfare and the employment issues related to foreign workers in Sabah: a case study of Mensuli Estate / Nur Aziemah Jasni

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