Push and pull motivations of international voluntary workers on organic farms (the WWOOFers)

Rice is a staple food and daily routine for Malaysians. Currently, the increasing population in Malaysia has led to the need to increase rice production with more quality. Therefore,the government established a scheme with national organic standards, MS 1259: 2015 which is myOrganic certification to recognize organic farms. Koperasi ABSB is the first rice farm that obtained this certification. Thus, the aims of this study are to explore the implementation of myOrganic in Koperasi ABSB and the barriers faced by this cooperative to implementing myOrganic certification. Qualitative method is used in this case study through interviews and observation. The finding showed that the implementation of myOrganic is as follows, by register myGAP, register myOrganic, Department of Agricultural Malaysia (DOA) will send a supervisor, prepare nine files or records, perform internal and external audit, and renew myOrganic. This study is expected to increase awareness of organic farming practices and promote the implementation of myOrganic in agriculture industry especially for the new farmer who wants to register and obtain myOrganic certification.

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Internal migration in Italy. Long-run analysis of push and pull factors across regions and macro-areas of the country.

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v13i3.295 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 443-454

Author(s):

Piras Romano

Keyword(s):

Gravity Model ◽

Internal Migration ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Great Majority ◽

Pull Factors ◽

Push And Pull Factors ◽

Long Run ◽

Italian Regions ◽

Migration Flows ◽

Push And Pull

The great majority of empirical studies on internal migration across Italian regions either ignores the long-run perspective of the phenomenon or do not consider push and pull factors separately. In addition, Centre-North to South flows, intra-South and intra-Centre-North migration have not been studied. We aim to fill this gap and tackle interregional migration flows from different geographical perspectives. We apply four panel data estimators with different statistical assumptions and show that long-run migration flows from the Mezzogiorno towards Centre-Northern regions are well explained by a gravity model in which per capita GDP, unemployment and population play a major role. On the contrary, migration flows from Centre-North to South has probably much to do with other social and demographic factors. Finally, intra Centre-North and intra South migration flows roughly obey to the gravity model, though not all explicative variables are relevant.

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Push and Pull

10.1596/26273 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Tobias Haque ◽

Jane Bogoev ◽

Greg Smith

Keyword(s):

Push And Pull

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Foreign Labour Migration, Economic Growth and Remittances in Nepal

Patan Pragya ◽

10.3126/pragya.v5i1.30452 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 122-132

Author(s):

Laxman Singh Kunwer

Keyword(s):

Working Environment ◽

Labour Migration ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Pull Factors ◽

Push And Pull Factors ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

Foreign Labour ◽

Increasing Trend ◽

Push And Pull

This paper examines the history and current situation of foreign labour migration in Nepal, which is in increasing trend. This paper highlights on some major push and pull factors, impacts of labour migration and remittances. The role and impacts of remittances in Nepal are also another key issue of this paper. The objective of paper is to discuss historical aspects and highlights the role of remittances in Nepal. The paper is developed with the help of secondary sources of information and discussed only on Nepalese foreign labours. The existing exploitative working environment in destinations of Nepalese migrations labpurs, lack of skills and trainings among labour migrants including government to government agreement between labour sending (Nepal) and labour receiving countries to protect rights of labour migrants also has been discussed. This paper also highlights the need of effective foreign labour policies based on scientific research. There is need of reliable and proper environment of investment of remittances in productive sectors as well as use of migrant's skills and knowledge to achieve prosperity of nation.

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Exploring Chinese Students’ Push and Pull Motivations in Influencing Life Satisfaction and General Well-being in Thailand

GATR Global Journal of Business Social Sciences Review - GATR Global Journal of Business and Social Science Review (GJBSSR) Vol.7(1) Jan-Mar 2019 ◽

10.35609/gjbssr.2019.7.3(2) ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 178-184

Author(s):

Cheng-Yi Kuo ◽

Jehn-Yih Wong

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Personal Growth ◽

Chinese Students ◽

Well Being ◽

Chinese Student ◽

Jel Classification ◽

Mental Wellness ◽

Push And Pull ◽

Push Factor ◽

Practical Implications

Objective - General well-being (GWB) is important for students’ mental wellness. This paper explores the motivations of Chinese students who study in Thailand and applies the push and pull model to explain how motivations influence life satisfaction (LS) and GWB. Methodology/Technique – 398 convenience samples from Dhurakij Pundit University were analysed. Finding - The results show that ‘personal growth’ is the most important push factor for motivation, whereas ‘the convenience to go to other cities’ is the most important pull factor for motivation. Moreover, overseas study motivations positively influence LS and GWB. Novelty - The theoretical and practical implications and study limitations are also discussed herein. Type of Paper: Empirical. Keywords: Push and Pull Theory; Life Satisfaction; General Well-being; Chinese Student; Thailand. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Yi, C; Kuo; Yih, J; Wong. 2019. Exploring Chinese Students’ Push and Pull Motivations in Influencing Life Satisfaction and General Well-being in Thailand, Global J. Bus. Soc. Sci. Review 7 (3): 178 – 184. https://doi.org/10.35609/gjbssr.2019.7.3(2) JEL Classification: M10, M14, M19.

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