Managers’ Responses To Singapore’s Foreign Labor Policy: A Study Of The Manufacturing And Manufacturing Related Services Sectors

Managers’ Responses To Singapore’s Foreign Labor Policy: A Study Of The Manufacturing And Manufacturing Related Services Sectors

The thesis is a study of managers’ responses to Singapore’s foreign labor policy in the context of the manufacturing and manufacturing related services sectors. The study adopted structuration theory to describe and explain the interaction of different actors such as the state, foreign workers and m...

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Main Author: Wattanatinnachot, Khemmanit
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2020
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HD7795-8027 Labor policy
Labor and the state
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spelling my-usm-ep.557262022-11-23T02:54:49Z Managers’ Responses To Singapore’s Foreign Labor Policy: A Study Of The Manufacturing And Manufacturing Related Services Sectors 2020-02 Wattanatinnachot, Khemmanit HD7795-8027 Labor policy. Labor and the state The thesis is a study of managers’ responses to Singapore’s foreign labor policy in the context of the manufacturing and manufacturing related services sectors. The study adopted structuration theory to describe and explain the interaction of different actors such as the state, foreign workers and managers. The study provided an understanding of industrial relations in Singapore, particularly the role of the state in shaping its industrial and foreign labor policy. The study adopted twenty-five semi-structured interviews from managers in five different manufacturing industries, namely the electronics, chemical, biomedical engineering, precision engineering and transportation engineering industries. The study showed that managers’ choices of hiring were shaped by Singapore’s foreign labor policy when hiring R Pass and S Pass workers in the manufacturing sector compared to the manufacturing related services sector. 2020-02 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/55726/ http://eprints.usm.my/55726/1/Pages%20from%20Khemmanit%20Wattanatinnachot%20Managers%27%20responses%20to%20Singapore%27s%20foreign%20labor%20policy-A%20study%20of%20the%20manufacturing%20and%20manuf~1%20cut.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Kemasyarakatan (School of Social Sciences)
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Labor and the state
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Labor and the state
Wattanatinnachot, Khemmanit
Managers’ Responses To Singapore’s Foreign Labor Policy: A Study Of The Manufacturing And Manufacturing Related Services Sectors
description The thesis is a study of managers’ responses to Singapore’s foreign labor policy in the context of the manufacturing and manufacturing related services sectors. The study adopted structuration theory to describe and explain the interaction of different actors such as the state, foreign workers and managers. The study provided an understanding of industrial relations in Singapore, particularly the role of the state in shaping its industrial and foreign labor policy. The study adopted twenty-five semi-structured interviews from managers in five different manufacturing industries, namely the electronics, chemical, biomedical engineering, precision engineering and transportation engineering industries. The study showed that managers’ choices of hiring were shaped by Singapore’s foreign labor policy when hiring R Pass and S Pass workers in the manufacturing sector compared to the manufacturing related services sector.
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author Wattanatinnachot, Khemmanit
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title Managers’ Responses To Singapore’s Foreign Labor Policy: A Study Of The Manufacturing And Manufacturing Related Services Sectors
title_short Managers’ Responses To Singapore’s Foreign Labor Policy: A Study Of The Manufacturing And Manufacturing Related Services Sectors
title_full Managers’ Responses To Singapore’s Foreign Labor Policy: A Study Of The Manufacturing And Manufacturing Related Services Sectors
title_fullStr Managers’ Responses To Singapore’s Foreign Labor Policy: A Study Of The Manufacturing And Manufacturing Related Services Sectors
title_full_unstemmed Managers’ Responses To Singapore’s Foreign Labor Policy: A Study Of The Manufacturing And Manufacturing Related Services Sectors
title_sort managers’ responses to singapore’s foreign labor policy: a study of the manufacturing and manufacturing related services sectors
granting_institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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