scholarly journals The Effect of Migration and Community on Quality of Life; Bangladeshi Construction Workers in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Md. Wahidul Haque ◽  
Norizan Abdul Ghani
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Capability Development ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Community Activities

Despitehaving substantial strategy and policy on human resource development, Bangladeshi (BD) workers in Malaysia mostly migrate in the unskilled category. Their capability development training in Malaysia takes place in an informal and unorthodox way through Community of Practice (CoP). This research attempts to investigate the effect of migration management and the workers training and community activities of Terengganu, the east coast of Malaysia, on the QoL of BD migrant workers. Thematic analysis is used in this qualitative research, with the help of atlas ti vers ion seven for data analysis. The research could hardly reveal any existence of community resilience, though hundreds of them are staying together in many construction sites. Meaning, they are staying together but forming a 'Solitary Community' and leading a lower QoL. The outcome of this research will be useful for experts to further enhance migration, capability expansion, and community development philosophy to improve the migrant workers QoL.

scholarly journals Risk Perception in the Construction Industry: Differences Between Italian and Migrant Workers Before and After a Targeted Training Intervention

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-71
Author(s):  
Federico Ricci ◽  
Giulia Bravo ◽  
Alberto Modenese ◽  
Fabrizio De Pasquale ◽  
Davide Ferrari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Visual Tool ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Linguistic Barriers ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Difference

We developed a visual tool to assess risk perception for a sample of male construction workers (forty Italian and twenty-eight immigrant workers), just before and after a sixteen-hour training course. The questionnaire included photographs of real construction sites, and workers were instructed to select pictograms representing the occupational risks present in each photograph. Points were awarded for correctly identifying any risks that were present, and points were deducted for failing to identify risks that were present or identifying risks that were not present. We found: (1) Before the course, risk perception was significantly lower in immigrants compared to Italians ( p < .001); (2) risk perception improved significantly ( p < .001) among all workers tested; and (3) after the training, the difference in risk perception between Italians and immigrants was no longer statistically significant ( p = .1086). Although the sample size was relatively small, the results suggest that the training is effective and may reduce the degree to which cultural and linguistic barriers hinder risk perception. Moreover, the use of images and pictograms instead of words to evaluate risk perception could also be applied to nonconstruction workplaces.

Living on the Construction Site: Paraguayan Construction Workers in Buenos Aires

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Álvaro del Águila
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork

Argentine enterprises subsume Paraguayan migrant workers into the construction industry in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, subordinating them to the demands of production by temporarily housing them on the construction sites themselves. Ethnographic fieldwork carried out on various construction sites between 2006 and 2015 shows how this practice overlaps with wider processes of global transformation in labor relations. The lodging of workers on construction sites is an increasingly widespread strategy for capitalist entrepreneurs to exploit the migrant workforce even further. Las empresas argentinas han incorporado a los trabajadores migrantes paraguayos a la industria de la construcción en el área metropolitana de Buenos Aires y los han subordinado a las exigencias de la producción, alojándolos temporalmente en las obras mismas. Un trabajo de campo etnográfico realizado en varias obras entre 2006 y 2015 muestra cómo dicha práctica se entrelaza con procesos más amplios en la transformación de las relaciones laborales a nivel global. El alojamiento de los trabajadores en las obras es una estrategia cada vez más extendida para que los empresarios capitalistas puedan explotar la mano de obra migrante aún más de lo que ya hacen.

Is money always the most important thing? Polish construction workers in Ireland

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicja Bobek ◽  
James Wickham ◽  
Elaine Moriarty ◽  
Justyna Salamońska
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Celtic Tiger ◽  
Family Issues ◽  
Complex Picture ◽  
Economic Migration ◽  
Initial Move

Migrant workers in the construction industry are often taken to be motivated purely by short-term financial gains. The dramatic influx of Polish workers into the Irish building industry during the Celtic Tiger boom thus appears a clear case of economic migration. A qualitative panel study (2008–2013) which interviewed Polish construction workers through the boom and subsequent recession reveals a more complex picture. Migrants’ initial move to Ireland was sometimes motivated partly by non-financial concerns such as the desire for new experiences. When the construction industry crashed, many migrants did leave Ireland, but interviews with them back in Poland showed that family issues such as children’s education had been important. Many migrants remained in Ireland, sometimes facilitated by access to unemployment benefits. The Polish construction workers included some with technical and professional qualifications and these appear more likely to have stayed in Ireland. This decision often involved re-training for a new career and was motivated by new social relationships and a perceived better quality of life. These findings suggest that the issues raised by contemporary lifestyle migration are relevant even for some construction workers.

scholarly journals ANALISIS HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DAN NETWORKING, DALAM MEMPENGARUHI COMPETITIVE ADVANTIGE PERGURUAN TINGGI KEAGAMAAN ISLAM DI INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-27
Author(s):  
Sutiah Sutiah
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Development Analysis

Today every university including PTKIN cannot avoid continually being prepared and competing with various other universities both at national and international levels. In winning the competition and replying to higher education the competitive advantage factor is taken into account. High performance of university which is based on three aspects, namely cost-based, product-based, and service-based. PTKIN must have quality and service excellence, as well as the ability to compete in the costs and excellence of majors / study programs offered. There are many factors that influence highly competitive universities, including the factors of human resource development, community development (analysis of community development) and the ability to build networks and cooperation. This study tries to annul the most dominant factors towards competitive advantage . The study took samples of Lecturers and Education Personnel at PTKIN UIN Malang, UIN Surabaya, UIN Jogjakarta, and UIN Bandung using simple random techniques. The sample of respondents is 200 people and check. Statistical analysis used multiple regression components of the Multivariate Principle. Research (1) The results showed (1) All the variables of Human Resource Development (HRD), Community Development Analysis (CDA), and Network Cooperation (NP) related to Competitive Advantage (CA) or PTKIN competitiveness (production quality), quality of service (quality of service), also competitive advantage in financing and quality of safety management (price) unless the CDA converter variable is smaller than the others. (2) HRD variable regression coefficient value of 0.714. Increasing HRD, CA will also increase by 0.714 or 71.4% of the CDA variable value of -0.168. This means, if other factors are considered constant, there is no direct effect of CDA on CA or smaller than HRD and NP because the results are -0.168. While the NP variable value is 0.409. This means, for each increase in NP, CA will also increase by 0.409 or 40.9%. (3) The results of simultaneous testing show differences in variation together between HRD, CDA, NP against CA is 75.8% or accepted 24.2% is used by other factors that are not rejected. From the results of this study, PTKIN is important for developing HR (HRD) and increasing network and quality cooperation (NP) as well as developing CDA to increase PTKIN's competitiveness towards international class or WCU (Word Class University).

scholarly journals Grounded Theory Analysis of Work-based TVET and Intersectional Challenges Between Construction Workers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marit Lensjø
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
Work Tasks ◽  
Technical Theory ◽  
One Year ◽  
And Training

In this study, I examine training in the work-based part of Norwegian technical vocational education and training (TVET). The TVET model includes two years in school followed by two years of apprenticeship at an authorized training enterprise. The empirical findings are based on one year of fieldwork combined with interviews, while following communities of plumbers and apprentices on construction sites and at a training agency. The article describes how work tasks and training on the construction site are continued and elaborated at the training agency, where technical theory and drawing are intertwined in practical plumbing. Over the past two decades, Norway has welcomed a significant number of eastern European migrant workers. Construction is among the industries most affected. This study explores how plumbers negotiate work and training at the intersection with dominant groups of foreign construction workers.

Construction Control As A Strategy For Improving The Quality Of Buildings And Structures

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Construction Control ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Actual Problem ◽  
Construction Market ◽  
Construction Products ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
Required Quality

In construction production, the safety of constructing buildings and structures is achieved by ensuring the required quality as a result of systematic construction control based on the implementation of a complex of technical, economic and organizational measures at all stages of the object's life cycle. The article deals with the actual problem of improving the quality of construction products-buildings and structures in conjunction with the activities of construction control bodies. The article presents the advanced foreign and domestic experience of ensuring the quality control at the construction sites, providing for the prevention of the underlying causes of defects and increasing the interest of the contractors directly. On the basis of the analysis of the current situation with quality control at the construction market, ways to improve its efficiency by developing a unified system of technological implementation of relevant requirements for the quality of construction products, determining the rational number and business load of construction control engineers, as well as the active activities of self-regulatory organizations in this area are offered.

scholarly journals Exploring the Relationship between Safety Climate and Worker Safety Behavior on Building Construction Sites in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3326
Author(s):  
Wei Tong Chen ◽  
Hew Cameron Merrett ◽  
Ying-Hua Huang ◽  
Theresia Avila Bria ◽  
Ying-Hsiu Lin
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Safety Training ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

Construction occupational accidents are often attributed to workers’ having an insufficient perception of how their actions influence safety in the construction site. This research explores the relationship between safety climate (SC) and personnel safety behavior (SB) of construction workers operating on building construction sites in Taiwan. The study discovered a significant positive relationship between SC and SB of Taiwan’s building construction sites, and in turn SC level had a positive impact on SB participation and overall safety perceptions. The higher the SC cognition of Taiwan’s building construction workers, the better the performance of SB was found to be. The dimension of "safety commitment and safety training" had the greatest relationship with SB. Safety training also had a deep impact on the cognition of SB. Therefore, the organizational culture and attitudes to safety coupled with the successful implementation of safety education and training can effectively enhance SC and worker SB on building construction sites in Taiwan, thereby potentially reducing the impacts of the underlying organizational factors behind safety related incidents.

Predictors of loneliness among the left-behind children of migrant workers in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cut Maghfirah Faisal ◽  
Sherly Saragih Turnip
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Parental Presence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Emotional Loneliness ◽  
Children Of Migrant Workers

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare loneliness between the left-behind children of migrant workers and the non-left-behind ones, and identify the most significant predictors of loneliness among the left-behind children. Design/methodology/approach Incidental sampling was performed to select 629 participants aged 11–16 from 5 schools in the rural areas of Karawang and Lombok in Indonesia. They filled in paper-and-pencil self-report inventories. Findings Left-behind children were significantly lonelier than their counterparts were. Emotional loneliness was more affected by parental absence compared to social loneliness. Left-behind children would be more susceptible to experience loneliness if they had more access to entertainment gadgets, experienced less support and intimacy from friends, had been left by their migrant parents more than once, were female, had low self-esteem, experienced emotional difficulties and rarely communicated with their parents. Research limitations/implications Qualitative research was needed to provide more elaborative explanation about the findings. Practical implications Parents needed to consider the psychological cost and benefit of working abroad to their children. Governments could intervene by limiting the duration and frequency of work among the migrant workers. Social implications Some beneficial implications to prevent and reduce loneliness among left-behind children were provided, such as by maintaining the frequency and quality of communication with the children, motivating and guiding the children to interact with their peers and spend less time on entertainment gadgets, as well as encouraging the children to engage in several positive activities to enhance their self-esteem. Originality/value This study enriched the understanding about complex relationship between parental presence and adolescents’ mental health despite the fact that adolescents seemed to be more interested in relationships with peers.

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