Causes of poor participation of local workers in Malaysia construction industry and strategies for improvement

Labour shortage in Malaysian construction industry is due to certain causes such as poor participation by local labour. In Malaysia, local youth would rather be unemployed despite working in the construction industry. This is attributed to the archaic employment practices, outdoor work and prevalenc...

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Main Author:	Saleh @ Aman, Shiadri
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Subjects:	HD Industries Land use Labor
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9584/1/ShiadriSalehMFKA2008.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.95842018-07-19T01:53:06Z Causes of poor participation of local workers in Malaysia construction industry and strategies for improvement 2008-11 Saleh @ Aman, Shiadri HD Industries. Land use. Labor TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Labour shortage in Malaysian construction industry is due to certain causes such as poor participation by local labour. In Malaysia, local youth would rather be unemployed despite working in the construction industry. This is attributed to the archaic employment practices, outdoor work and prevalence of the temporary and casual labour. The industry has been forced to rely on foreign labour, mostly from neighbouring countries. The government of Malaysia aims to reduce the number of foreign workers in the country from 1.84 million in 2005 to 1.5 million by 2010. It is envisaged that by this time, only 200,000 foreign workers will remains in the construction industry. The objectives of this study are; to identify the factors that led to the poor participation of local labour in the construction industry; to identify the critical factors that led to the poor participation of local labour; and to identify strategies to improve the participation of local labour in the construction industry. The method of the study involved literature review, data collection and an Average Index method was used for analysis. The data were gathered through questionnaire and interview. In conclusion, the respondents agreed that the first three major factors that led to the poor participation of local workforce in construction industry were related to uncomfortable, unsafe and unhealthy working conditions and temporary employment status. Five major strategies for the improvement on the local labour participation were to focus on training and advancement, employment status, enhance the safety practice and procedure and image of construction workers and site accommodations and services. 2008-11 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9584/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9584/1/ShiadriSalehMFKA2008.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:879?site_name=Restricted Repository masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
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description	Labour shortage in Malaysian construction industry is due to certain causes such as poor participation by local labour. In Malaysia, local youth would rather be unemployed despite working in the construction industry. This is attributed to the archaic employment practices, outdoor work and prevalence of the temporary and casual labour. The industry has been forced to rely on foreign labour, mostly from neighbouring countries. The government of Malaysia aims to reduce the number of foreign workers in the country from 1.84 million in 2005 to 1.5 million by 2010. It is envisaged that by this time, only 200,000 foreign workers will remains in the construction industry. The objectives of this study are; to identify the factors that led to the poor participation of local labour in the construction industry; to identify the critical factors that led to the poor participation of local labour; and to identify strategies to improve the participation of local labour in the construction industry. The method of the study involved literature review, data collection and an Average Index method was used for analysis. The data were gathered through questionnaire and interview. In conclusion, the respondents agreed that the first three major factors that led to the poor participation of local workforce in construction industry were related to uncomfortable, unsafe and unhealthy working conditions and temporary employment status. Five major strategies for the improvement on the local labour participation were to focus on training and advancement, employment status, enhance the safety practice and procedure and image of construction workers and site accommodations and services.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Saleh @ Aman, Shiadri
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title	Causes of poor participation of local workers in Malaysia construction industry and strategies for improvement
title_short	Causes of poor participation of local workers in Malaysia construction industry and strategies for improvement
title_full	Causes of poor participation of local workers in Malaysia construction industry and strategies for improvement
title_fullStr	Causes of poor participation of local workers in Malaysia construction industry and strategies for improvement
title_full_unstemmed	Causes of poor participation of local workers in Malaysia construction industry and strategies for improvement
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publishDate	2008
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Causes of poor participation of local workers in Malaysia construction industry and strategies for improvement

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