The escalating of numbers of foreign workers in construction site

• Main Authors: Lop, N.S (Author), Mamter, S. (Author), Mat Salleh, N. (Author), Mohamad Hamdan, N.A (Author), Mohd Kamar, I.F (Author)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2014
• Subjects: Construction industry; Construction sites; Critical review; Decision making process; Economic development; Economics; Malaysians; Questionnaire surveys; Surveys
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• ISBN: 2261236X (ISSN)
• DOI: 10.1051/matecconf/20141501026

This paper is evaluating the factors effecting the increasing in the numbers of foreign workers on site. A critical review of the literature was abstract because of the Malaysian economics is booming and the characteristics of the construction industry itself make the foreigners comfortable works on site. This paper discusses the results from the conducted questionnaire survey among the contractors in Selangor. Based on the average index, there are several factors identified by the respondents such as shortage of manpower, reluctant of local labour, project increased the demand for labour and accelerating economic development. This factor will improve the decision making process in recruiting labour on site. © Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2014.