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Ezquerra, Sandra. "The regulation of the south-north transfer of reproductive labor : Filipino women in Spain and the United States /." Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank) Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9017.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2008.<br>Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 448-470). Also available online in Scholars' Bank; and in ProQuest, free to University of Oregon users.
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Behar, Joseph. "Essential workers, British foreign labour recruitment, 1945-1951." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq36220.pdf.
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Basnett, Yurendra. "Essays on labour migration and development : an institutional perspective." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648142.
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Artstein, Melissa Yumi. "The construction of well-being and social capital among Nicaraguans in Costa Rica an anthropological perspective /." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2009/m_artstein_042409.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in anthropology)--Washington State University, May 2009.<br>Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 26, 2009). "Department of Anthropology." Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-129).
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Shipper, Apichai W. (Apichai Wongsod) 1968. "Associative activism : organizing support for foreign workers in contemporary Japan." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8756.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2001.<br>Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, leaves 460-481).<br>Japan is a country known for its suspicion of foreigners, but Japanese citizens have established non-government organizations to support illegal foreign migrants. The problems and conditions of illegal foreign workers are rooted in Japanese government policies. The 1990 Immigration Control Law created a category of illegal foreign workers. Later, the Ministry of Health and Welfare excluded illegal foreigners from Japan's insurance system. Illegal foreign workers face challenges in dealing with employers, state officials, medical institutions, and family life. These problems range from unpaid wages and enormous medical cost to marriage/divorce registration and the forced break up of the families due to deportation. To solve these problems, Japanese engage in associative activism and institutional experimentation, which has transformed local politics in Japan. Illegal Asian workers in Japan rarely seek assistance from existing government organizations or ethnic associations. Government organizations provide mainly information and interpretation services and government officials lack the know-how to help illegal foreign workers with serious labor and immigration problems. Ethnic associations in Japan do not support their illegal compatriots. Illegal foreigners turn instead to Japanese NGOs, which have extensive experience in helping the underprivileged in Japanese society. Japanese activists, who found these NGOs, came from other social movement organizations. Christians, community workers unions organizers, women activists, labor lawyers, health workers, and civil rights activists have created separate support groups to help solve problems for illegal foreigners. Japanese activists created these groups in order to: a) acquire and accumulate knowledge on how best to help illegal foreigners; b) strengthen their bargaining power with employers and state officials; and, c) gain financial support for their activities. By working on behalf of illegal foreigners, these Japanese activists build a new community of action. Local governments have invited these activists to share their expertise and are increasingly relying on these support groups to provide public services to illegal foreigners. In some localities, local government officials have joined these groups and experimented with new institutions of governance. As a result, local governments are now breaking with national policies regarding illegal foreign workers. Japan has done quite a bit over the last two decades to open its borders and accommodate immigration. Associative activism by Japanese citizens impresses upon other industrialized societies that Japan's efforts to accommodate immigration are surprisingly humanitarian for a historically xenophobic culture.<br>by Apichai W. Shipper.<br>Ph.D.
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Rahman, Noorashikin Abdul. "Negotiating power: a case study of Indonesian foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Singapore." Thesis, Curtin University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/692.
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This thesis examines the complex power structures that underscore the migration and employment of Indonesian women as foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Singapore. The main objective is to highlight the power of individual Indonesian FDWs and the collective power of these women in negotiating these structures of power in the context of a migration study as well as a `resistance' study. I argue that Indonesian FDWs are active agents who exercise individual agency and collective `resistance' in the migration system. As labour migrants they exert power in shaping the nature of the migrant institution. One of the means in which they do so is by perpetuating the informal networks of migration. Individual Indonesian FDWs are also capable of exerting power in circumventing elements of exploitation and domination they encounter during their migration process and employment in Singapore. Crucial to this capability is the ability to have access to a network of agents within the migrant institution. Some Indonesian FDWs are also active in exerting power as a group to present a collective resistance against negative stereotyping of their identities as the immigrant other in Singapore. They do so via a formal religious based social group. This group encourages other Indonesian FDWs to portray the image of the disciplined worker couched within the moralising discourse of Islam by participating in productive activities on rest days. The aim of this is so that Indonesian FDWs can be treated with respect and dignity in Singapore. In general, my data show that Indonesian FDWs as active agents of the migration system do not attempt to challenge the overall structures that underscore their subordination and domination as overseas contract workers (OCWs) in Singapore.The power exerted by individual Indonesian FDWs is focused at ensuring their continued employment as FDWs under more desirable employment conditions. Their individual agency aimed at improving their work conditions is at a personal level and is based on personal goals that are thus too fragmented to challenge the institutionalised structures of employment. Moreover, my case studies reveal that some Indonesian FDWs endure more restrictive work conditions in order to achieve desirable aspects of working in Singapore. Their collective `resistance' against condescending treatment by the host society project an image of the disciplined FDWs desired by employers, maid agents and Singaporeans. Their subjective ambivalence and the ambivalence in their individual and collective acts of `resistance' in challenging aspects of subordination and domination show the complexity of the power relationships in which they are caught. I draw upon two bodies of theory to provide a framework for my analysis and argument. First, I draw upon the `migrant institution' framework espoused by Goss and Lindquist (1995) that is based on Giddens' structuration theory to illustrate the power exerted by individual Indonesian FDWs within the field of migration studies. I also draw upon Foucault's notion of power as a framework to examine collective ,resistance' displayed by Indonesian FDWs in Singapore. The data presented in the thesis are drawn from two sources, ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Singapore as well as relevant newspaper and other media accounts.
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Shepherd, Josh. "Attitudes and opinions of agricultural growers in Texas regarding guest worker policy /." View online, 2007. http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/261.
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Yeung, Ting Lai-king, and 楊丁麗琼. "An evaluation of the general scheme for the importation of labour." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31964679.
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Sainsbury, Sondra C. "The silent presence Asian female domestic workers and Cyprus in the new Europe /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2009.
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Adriansyah, Yasmi. "The Role of Policy Entrepreneurs in Indonesia's Foreign Policy." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/149056.
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This thesis is primarily concerned with how and why policy
entrepreneurs succeed in promoting their ideas or policy
proposals. In examining this, the thesis uses the case of
Indonesia’s foreign and domestic policies regarding the
protection of its own migrant workers who work abroad,
particularly with the ratification of the 1990 United Nations
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers
and Members of Their Families (CMW). There are three central
questions that this thesis examines: (1) To what extent were the
policy entrepreneurs important in shaping or playing roles in
Indonesia’s foreign policy regarding the protection of its
migrant workers and who were the main policy entrepreneurs?; (2)
How did these policy entrepreneurs attempt to ensure that their
policy proposals were adopted or their ideas heard?; and (3) Why
were the policy entrepreneurs successful in promoting their
ideas?
The thesis argues that the protection of Indonesian migrant
workers has become a pressing issue in the context of nation’s
foreign and domestic policies. This can be seen from the decision
of Indonesia’s Kementerian Luar Negeri (Ministry of Foreign
Affairs) in 2002 to establish a special directorate to address
the issue, namely the Directorate for the Protection of
Indonesian Citizens and Legal Agencies. Nonetheless, despite the
establishment of this directorate, protection from this
institution was still viewed as relatively poor since there were
still numerous high-profile cases involving Indonesian migrant
workers in cases related to torture and even some resulting in
death. Recent policies developments, spurred by increasing
democratisation, can be viewed as an improvement. This is
demonstrated by Indonesia’s decision to ratify the CMW in 2012.
With regard to this important decision, my empirical analysis
showed that there were at least two categories of policy
entrepreneurs that played important roles in influencing the
decision: key figures operating within the important civil
society organisations who worked under the umbrella movement
People’s Alliance for the Ratification of 1990 Convention
(ARRAK 90) and several elected members of the Dewan Perwakilan
Rakyat (DPR – Indonesia’s House of Representatives).
Overall, the thesis argues that policy entrepreneurs were
successful if: (1) they advocated cogent policy proposals; (2)
these proposals were based on normative principles; and (3) they
promoted their ideas with persistence. Each of these three
factors is examined in the case studies. In testing the notion of
persistence, the thesis measures activities such as: conducting a
series of demonstrations; writing papers; and holding lobbying
luncheons or dinners.
The thesis concludes that there were two success factors that
brought Indonesia’s foreign policy shift from non-ratification
to ratification: coalition-building and advocacy persistence. In
coalition-building, policy entrepreneurs believed that the
emergence of ARRAK 90 significantly transformed the policy
context. Working in coalition, policy entrepreneurs undertook
continuous activities in terms of substantive work,
demonstrations, and lobbying. As the policy context changed and
window of opportunity presented themselves, policy entrepreneurs
demonstrated enormous persistence in presenting their ideas. In
this context, the policy entrepreneurs continuously pushed their
demands, writing to influence public opinion, conducting various
demonstrations for the purpose of raising public awareness,
seizing government attention, and being persistent in demanding
the adoption of their proposals. All these factors, particularly
coalition-building and persistence, answer the primary questions
of this thesis: to what extent were policy entrepreneurs
important in policy change, how did they achieve change, and why
were policy entrepreneurs successful in promoting their policy
proposals?
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Rahman, Noorashikin Abdul. "Negotiating power: a case study of Indonesian foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Singapore." Curtin University of Technology, Department of Social Sciences, 2003. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=14135.
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This thesis examines the complex power structures that underscore the migration and employment of Indonesian women as foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Singapore. The main objective is to highlight the power of individual Indonesian FDWs and the collective power of these women in negotiating these structures of power in the context of a migration study as well as a `resistance' study. I argue that Indonesian FDWs are active agents who exercise individual agency and collective `resistance' in the migration system. As labour migrants they exert power in shaping the nature of the migrant institution. One of the means in which they do so is by perpetuating the informal networks of migration. Individual Indonesian FDWs are also capable of exerting power in circumventing elements of exploitation and domination they encounter during their migration process and employment in Singapore. Crucial to this capability is the ability to have access to a network of agents within the migrant institution. Some Indonesian FDWs are also active in exerting power as a group to present a collective resistance against negative stereotyping of their identities as the immigrant other in Singapore. They do so via a formal religious based social group. This group encourages other Indonesian FDWs to portray the image of the disciplined worker couched within the moralising discourse of Islam by participating in productive activities on rest days. The aim of this is so that Indonesian FDWs can be treated with respect and dignity in Singapore. In general, my data show that Indonesian FDWs as active agents of the migration system do not attempt to challenge the overall structures that underscore their subordination and domination as overseas contract workers (OCWs) in Singapore.<br>The power exerted by individual Indonesian FDWs is focused at ensuring their continued employment as FDWs under more desirable employment conditions. Their individual agency aimed at improving their work conditions is at a personal level and is based on personal goals that are thus too fragmented to challenge the institutionalised structures of employment. Moreover, my case studies reveal that some Indonesian FDWs endure more restrictive work conditions in order to achieve desirable aspects of working in Singapore. Their collective `resistance' against condescending treatment by the host society project an image of the disciplined FDWs desired by employers, maid agents and Singaporeans. Their subjective ambivalence and the ambivalence in their individual and collective acts of `resistance' in challenging aspects of subordination and domination show the complexity of the power relationships in which they are caught. I draw upon two bodies of theory to provide a framework for my analysis and argument. First, I draw upon the `migrant institution' framework espoused by Goss and Lindquist (1995) that is based on Giddens' structuration theory to illustrate the power exerted by individual Indonesian FDWs within the field of migration studies. I also draw upon Foucault's notion of power as a framework to examine collective ,resistance' displayed by Indonesian FDWs in Singapore. The data presented in the thesis are drawn from two sources, ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Singapore as well as relevant newspaper and other media accounts.
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Biney, Elizabeth. "Inequality of opportunity: the plight of foreign workers in South Africa." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22905.
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Migration can be a hazardous venture, particularly if carried out clandestinely. Evidence indicates that foreigners working without formal authorisation, i.e. 'irregular migrant workers', are in a particularly vulnerable position primarily because of their irregular immigration status. They are more likely to be subjected to exploitative and unsafe employment practices in terms of benefits and conditions. This study examines the protection available to this category of migrant workers in South Africa, particularly their right of access to work-related social protection. South Africa is a major migrant-receiving country in Southern Africa because of its relatively stronger economy and political stability. However, the employment of foreign nationals without work permits, or foreigners working contrary to visa requirements, raises a series of policy issues. These issues, against the background of fairness and equity discourses pertaining to socio-economic entitlements, become exacerbated. This study examines the adequacy of domestic, constitutional and legislative frameworks that offer work-related social protection to foreign workers in South Africa. In the context of international, continental, and regional instruments that provide similar protection to irregular migrants, it could be argued that South Africa's restrictive legislative framework compromises equality in the right of access to social protection for some migrants. Although effective migration management depends on careful juxtaposition of myriad policies, emerging evidence suggests conflicting interplay between key South African policies intended to manage the rights of workers specifically and labour migration in the country generally. Critical analysis of relevant national immigration, labour, and social security laws indicates inconsistency with international human rights principles concerning the equality of opportunity or treatment of irregular migrants vis-àvis regular migrants and nationals regarding social protection. Yet, inequalities in the actual processes or opportunities (means) embedded in these policies disentitle many vulnerable foreign workers from important constitutionally entrenched fundamental rights because their presence and/or employment violates existing immigration laws. The study concludes by recommending policy interventions that may help remedy these problems.
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Mohammed, Isam. "Participation of African immigrants in the labour force of South Africa : insights from the 2001 population census /." Online Access, 2008. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/usrfiles/modules/etd/docs/etd_gen8Srv25Nme4_9165_1271011974.pdf.
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Liang, Meng. "Seasonal labour migration of Chinese agricultural workers to Kawata village : migrant realities, negotiations, and a collaborative power network." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709010.
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Malpica, Daniel Melero. "Indigenous Mexican migrants in the city of Los Angeles social networks and social capital among Zapotec workers /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1481678331&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Bradley, Donald Edward. "The interaction paradigm for the study of immigrant self-employment : clarifying the role of group characteristics and opportunity structures /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Peterson, Diane Michelle 1960. "The Arab Gulf: Indicators of economic dependence on migrant communities." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291485.
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Following the 1973 rise in the price of oil, the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations of the Middle East became hosts to hundreds of thousands of foreign workers taking part in the economic development of the region. From the beginning, the employment of migrant workers was seen as a temporary measure, necessary to compensate for the small indigenous populations in the Gulf. The numbers of foreign workers has become so great, that the migrants now constitute a majority of the population in several of the GCC countries. The relative permanence with which foreign workers have now established themselves is of great concern to the host governments. It appears that the insufficient skill-levels and sizes of the national workforces, together with the position the extensive and growing migrant communities hold in the growing Gulf economies point to the continued presence of large foreign populations for some time to come.
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Iida, Naomi. "Residential and social incorporation of foreign residents in Japan in the 1990s." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365484.
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Thompson, Mary Antoinette. "Foreign development workers in Guatemala, the evolving creation myth of one's self." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/MQ64928.pdf.
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Lau, Man-yiu, and 劉文耀. "An examination of the policy on foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3196591X.
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Lau, Man-yiu. "An examination of the policy on foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21038211.
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Stepkova, Veronika. "Production of legal status among Hong Kong-based domestic workers from Bangladesh." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2018. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/516.
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This thesis explores the production of Bangladeshi domestic workers' legal status in Hong Kong. Bangladeshi domestic workers started entering Hong Kong in 2013 and they were expected to gradually become one of the major national groups of domestic workers. But within the first two years, 50 to 60% of them left formal employment. In the migration industry, that phenomenon was referred to as the "runaway crisis". While the runaway crisis took place between 2013 and 2015, some Bangladeshi domestic workers still run away. I would like to reflect upon the migration experiences of Bangladeshi women recruited by two employment agencies and one small association of employment agencies and identify forces impacting their decision-making over their legal status. In doing that, I build upon feminist geography of domestic work and migration studies, Foucault's work on governmentality and Ahmed's affective economies which I extend by elaborating on her understanding of lovability with which I engage to argue for a performative view of legality. The main methodology of the research is feminist ethnography where data were collected during 2-year long field work in Bangladeshi training centers and Hong Kong agencies. The research suggests that domestic workers' legal status is produced in a multi-layered process which includes social structures and power dynamics and affects in migration industry institutions.
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Bond, Christopher John. "Foreign direct investment in the city of Qingdao : experiences of Chinese workers in foreign-invested enterprises, 1996 to 2009." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2011. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2380/.
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The debate concerning whether foreign investment in developing nations benefits or exploits workers is a highly emotive and unresolved debate. This dissertation contributes to literature that explores the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on a host economy, more specifically on the experiences workers employed within foreign-invested enterprises in a developing nation. Amongst developing nations, China has absorbed the lion's share of FDI throughout the 2000s and is therefore a sensible location to study the effects of FDI on a developing nation host economy. Given the variety in levels of economic development across China, we avoid errors of generalisation by targeting a specific location. Shandong is one of the most important – and understudied – provinces in China, contributing significantly to China's economy and being the destination for an increasing share of China's FDI; within Shandong, Qingdao is the most popular destination for FDI. Existing literature that explores the effects of FDI on host nation employees either takes a quantitative, macro-economic level approach, such as International Business literature, or uses qualitative methodology to give anecdotal evidence of worker experiences, such as in the globalisation and labour studies bodies of literature. We combine both these approaches to investigate the experiences of FIE employees in Qingdao. The key research findings are: a domination of South Korean, wholly foreign-owned enterprises targeting the relatively more labour-intensive manufacturing sectors from 1996 to 2006 in Qingdao, having implications in terms of FIE employment opportunities and human capital accumulation; a sharp decline in the size of the FIE workforce from 2007 to 2009, highlighting the potential problems a developing nation may face if it has a large concentration of 'flexible' foreign investments; and reports of a wide range of experiences of FIE employees engaged in more white-collar roles, including positive development opportunities and negative experiences of discrimination.
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Ismar, Philip. "Arbeitnehmerentsendung nach Schweden : eine europarechtliche Einschätzung aus deutscher Perspektive ; von der lex Britannia zum Vaxholmkonflikt /." Hamburg Kovač, 2007. http://www.verlagdrkovac.de/978-3-8300-3002-7.htm.
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Lee, Oi-man Grace. "Labour importation in Hong Kong : a study of its implications on human resource management and workplace relations /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19324960.
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Cheng, Ho Fai Viggo. "A discourse analysis of identity construction among foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2013. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1369.
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Sim, Sock-chin Amy. "Women in transition Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B3830580X.
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Keung, Wai-chung, and 姜偉宗. "Expatriates working in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1990. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31264669.
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Keibah, M. S. "An econometric investigation of international labour migration in Libya : A comparison of equilibrium and disequilibrium models." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.379224.
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Tsai, Chih-Heng, and 蔡至亨. "Foreign Workers’ Management of 3K Industries –A Case of U Foreign Workers’ Agency Company." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/82697137182894133975.
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Liu, Han-Wei, and 劉涵葳. ""From foreign workers to foreign spouses" ─ Case studies of Marriages between Thai workers and Taiwanese." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61568211767095251908.
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碩士<br>淡江大學<br>亞洲研究所碩士班<br>100<br>Taiwan government legally opened foreign labor to work in Taiwan since 1992. Generally most foreign labors in Taiwan are female except Thailand. Thai labor is mostly dominated by men who came to do a short-term supplementary work in manufacturing and construction industry. The initially limitation of staying for them is three years per time but now it has been extended to 12 years. Although the duration has been extended but foreign workers still have to face many restrictions. In addition, many Southeast Asian women came to Taiwan by “marriage immigration” as foreign bride that has been discussed for so many years, however, there’s only few research for discussing transnational marriage of men. This research is aimed to the interviewees who are the Thai workers intended to work in Taiwan at first but later on married with Taiwanese. The research is also discussed why they chose to marry after worked in Taiwan. Is the reason for economic factor or for non-economic factor?
According to this study, the primary reasons that cause the Thai workers to come to Taiwan for a job are based on the economical factors, but after they have a factory life in Taiwan and get along with the Taiwanese for a longer time, the co-workers from Taiwan are those they choose to marry finally. This fact shows that the economical factors are not the only reasons in these marriages and indicates that the foreign workers can get married due to the love since Taiwan has welcomed them to have a job legally twenty years ago. However, there is a contradiction now─ Taiwan needs more foreign workers and agrees them to stay here for a longer time, but at the same time, strongly forbids them to be immigrants by the exotic marriage.
In this study, all of the respondents are willing to become a foreign spouse from a foreign worker. No matter their marriages are based on the love or the economical factors, all of them show that they can get higher salary in Taiwan instead of in Thailand, especially for those are in the exotic marriage because of the endless time for staying in Taiwan and the fact that they can change their boss. To sum up, the exotic marriages are so related to the jobs so that the boundary between them is very difficult to point out clearly.
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Huang, Chin-yu, and 黃沁瑜. "Foreign Workers’ Sociocultural Adaptation in Taiwan." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65853668110098944013.
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碩士<br>國立雲林科技大學<br>應用外語系碩士班<br>99<br>The bringing in of foreign workers to Taiwan dated back to 1989; ever since, a variety of research had been conducted to investigate this population. Various studies had been done on the management level of foreign workers; however, few studies were done to examine their longitudinal sociocultural adaptation issue and the selecting mechanisms of Foreign Worker Agents (FWAs) on foreign workers. Furthermore, the roles of the FWAs played after foreign workers’ assignments to workplaces were seldom discussed. Thus, this longitudinal, qualitative research aimed at studying the socicocultural adaptation of ten foreign workers from South-east Asia in their intervals of one month, three months, and six months after arriving in Taiwan employing in-depth interviews, work observation, and Sociocultural Adaptation Scale by Ward and Kennedy (1999). Additionally, the present research further assessed the selection mechanisms on foreign workers by five major FWAs in central Taiwan and the roles they played after foreign workers’ assignments by conducting in-depth interviews with the FWAs and work observation.
The study results uncovered five major findings. Firstly, FWAs in Taiwan had different selecting mechanisms, but most of them preferred not to interfere with the selecting mechanisms of the FWAs in South-east Asia. However, this indicated that the FWAs in Taiwan failed to verify the personal information, criminal history, and the quality of foreign workers who had been brought into Taiwan, leaving a threat to Taiwan’s society. Secondly, the five Taiwanese FWAs in the study all played at three common roles after assigning foreign workers to their workplaces: supervisor, counselor, and communication medium. Thirdly, these ten foreign workers encountered different sociocultural difficulties in their intervals of one month, three months, and six months; however, “language proficiency” and “interacting with Taiwanese” appeared to their most difficult adaptational issue at these three intervals. Fourthly, as to how they coped with their difficulties in Taiwan, the results showed that (i) facing “language” difficulty, the ten foreign workers tended to be active in learning Taiwanese languages from books, television, radio, or talking with Taiwanese nationals; (ii) facing issues of interpersonal relationships or interactions with Taiwanese, they all tended to passively using “avoiding or without confronting” strategies to avoid further issues from happening. Lastly, an interesting finding from both the interviews and the SCAS was that male foreign workers adapted better than all other female workers. It was hoped that this research could help the in-coming foreign workers with their sociocultural difficulties and made the FWAs understand better the roles they played to further help the foreign workers.
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Te, Peng Wang, and 王德鵬. "The Rights of Foreign Workers to Organize." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17008912110890841771.
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Lin, Chun Yu, and 林俊佑. "The Research of Foreign Workers of R.O.C." Thesis, 1995. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/28r4p2.
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Tseng, Shu-Liang, and 曾淑凉. "An Exploration of Factors for Foreign Workers." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/np5j2n.
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碩士<br>亞洲大學<br>EMBA高階經理碩士在職學位學程<br>107<br>The purpose of this study is to understand whether the foreign worker recognition of the enterprise management system, the interpersonal relationship, and the overall adaptability will affect the degree of happiness of foreign migrant workers at work. Through data collection, facet selection, questionnaire design, sample selection, and questionnaire survey, this study will explore the relationship between corporate management system and overall adaptability and interpersonal attachment degree, and the correlation of happiness factors for foreign migrant workers in Taiwan. Finally, based on the research conclusions, suggestions and follow-up related research references are proposed. The results show that interpersonal attachment has a no obvious impact on happiness, and the corporate management system has a significant positive impact on the degree of happiness. The overall adaptability also has a significant positive impact on the degree of happiness.
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SHIAH, Yuh-Ptng, and 夏玉萍. "Foreign Workers Change Employers in Taiwan and New Employers Discuss about Workers’ Performance." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/anbu26.
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碩士<br>中原大學<br>企業管理研究所<br>105<br>The core concept of this study is to find out the relationship between the transfer foreign workers and the new- and old-employer in manufacturing in Taiwan. The purpose of this study is to understand the factors that lead to the termination of the regular labor contract with original employer and the conversion to the new employer by the foreign workers; and to understand the reasons for the employer''s acceptance of the transfer foreign workers in the non-specific industry in Taiwan. This study investigated the interaction between the transfer foreign workers and old- and new- employers through in-depth interviews. From the three perspectives of interviewing, this study also explored whether job performance and behavioral performance could help the transfer foreign workers be stable in their working after the changeover of different employers. The results showed that:
The undertaking employers will perform an assessment for each foreign worker; however, only having a one-way assessment without the further appraisal interviews, the foreign Workers do not understand employers'' evaluation of their personal performance at work. Therefore, these foreign workers might be concerned about the issue of renewal employment when they are at the expiry date and it might cause the problem of escaped or missing foreign workers.
Foreign workers in the original employer or to undertake the employer will not work satisfaction, life care and high satisfaction to mention the rate of renewal, the main renewal or the opportunity to work overtime will affect the payroll income.
For those industries that did not conform to the rules of importing the foreign workers offered by Ministry of Economic Affairs, they would undertake the foreign workers from other domestic companies first. After these undertaken foreign workers are at the expiry date, these companies will apply for recruiting the new group of foreign workers from abroad and retrain the new foreign workers to lower the further cost of management and decrease the problem of escaped foreign workers.
Employers'' performance evaluation on foreign workers is a major factor affecting the renewal employment of foreign workers. The foreign workers might get punishment for violating the company policy by reducing their opportunity of having overtime work. The opportunity of having overtime work is the key influential factor in the foreign workers’ willingness to remain in the company. Accordingly, the performance appraisal only affects the renewal employment from the employer’s aspect not from the foreign workers’ side.
Finally, this study suggests that employers need to help all the foreign workers importing whether from abroad or undertaking from other companies to understand the meaning of having performance appraisal during the employment period. In particular, foreign workers who have been transferred out will be assisted by the interpreter service of the intermediary company to help them transfer their foreign workers, correct work ethic and work concern. Performance interviews and implementation of counseling measures will help to enhance the retention of foreign workers. And play the purpose of performance appraisal.
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Lu, Lee-Wen, and 盧俐雯. "Successful Selection Factors for Foreign Care Workers:A Case Study of Indonesian Care Workers." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3z9bs9.
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碩士<br>國立東華大學<br>管理學院高階經營管理碩士在職專班<br>103<br>Accelerated aging and declining birthrates in Taiwan have resulted in changes to the country’s population structure and have likewise generated issues relating to home care for the elderly. To ease demand for home care, Taiwan has expanded opportunities available for foreign care workers. The number of foreigners coming to Taiwan is increasing every year. These individuals represent a source of labor upon which Taiwanese are heavily dependent. The difficulties and challenges in terms of adaptation encountered by these foreign workers while working in families and in differing living environments affects the quality of patient care, turnover rates of foreign workers, and the subsequent management of hiring agencies.
Most employers commission hiring agencies to handle recruitment on their behalf, including for handling of introduction formalities and other follow-up services for their foreign employees who are trained by the agencies of the labor-exporting countries. Based on the resumes provided by these agencies, employers take into account appearance, age, educational experience, marital status, and other conditions when making hiring decisions. In the event a foreign worker within the contract period faces a particularly challenging working environment or cannot adapt to work conditions, resulting in changing of employer or being repatriated for not fitting the job requirements, such setbacks would require significant amounts of time and work to re-recruit and re-train new foreign workers once the selection process has been completed. Furthermore, if a foreign worker leaves, he cannot be replaced until after a waiting period of three months. As for the agency, in addition to the loss of its subsequent service income, it will also receive a score deduction in annual evaluations conducted by the relevant authorities. If the agency is unable to attain minimum standards, it will lose its license to conduct relevant business. Hence, both employers and agencies are facing tremendous pressure and it is very important to successfully select foreign workers.
This study aims to understand factors presented on the resumes of foreign workers prior to their arrival in Taiwan, including individual circumstances, work experience, and family situations, helping employers to conduct successful selection analysis using existing statistics and data. The purpose of these efforts is to reduce foreign worker turnover rates and resignation rates, thereby enabling win-win results between employers, foreign workers, and hiring agencies.
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Shih-Cheng, Hou, and 侯石城. "Antecedents of Overseas Adjustment: Foreign Workers in Taiwan." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/06541470192350346927.
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碩士<br>大葉大學<br>國際企業管理學系碩士班<br>92<br>International labor movement has been inevitable under the globalization trend. It is important that overseas adjustment of foreign worker from different culture related to the effects of the industrial performance and social issues.
This study directly investigated the overseas adjustment of foreign workers in Taiwan adopted four variables: national cultural distance, emotional intelligence, social capital, and demographics. The sample consisted of 656 foreign workers from Indonesia, Thailand, and Philippines. After analysising the data and detecting hypotheses, the results as follow: 1) There was a significantly positive effect of national cultural distance on oversea adjustment of foreign workers. 2) There were most significantly positive effects of motional intelligence on overseas adjustment of foreign workers. 3) There were opposite effects of social capital dimensions on overseas adjustment of foreign workers from different nationality. 4) There were few significantly effects of demographics on overseas adjustment of foreign workers excepting educational degree.
Furthermore, the present study suggested the emphases on selection, training, and policies exercising to promote benefits while introducing foreign workers into our country.
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Chang, Tien-Tong, and 張添童. "The Research on Missing Foreign Workers in Taiwan." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05620125255988317084.
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碩士<br>逢甲大學<br>公共政策所<br>98<br>Because of the development of economic restructuring, labor shortage, wages soaring, declining export and the enterprise removing abroad, Taiwan started to import the foreign workers from 1989. The population of foreign workers has increased from hundreds to reach more than 350,000 in Taiwan recently. In recent years, more than 10,000 foreign workers have missed annually, which has been seriously impacting on society, public security and national image, and hindering government organizations from promoting the other important business. Therefore, the purpose of this research on missing foreign workers is trying to submit feasible foreign workers policy amendments.
This research firstly was based on literature, secondary data and researcher’s on-the-job experience, secondly, the researcher interviewed five brokers and conducted focus group interview with 15 missing foreign workers, then integrated all the information to draft questionnaires, and retrieved 228 valid questionnaires from missing foreign workers staying at Detention Center of Nation Immigration Agency by Convenient Sampling, finally, this research adopted descriptive statistical method to induce, compare, analyze, then integrate all of the information collected to reach conclusions.
This research found that the most important reasons of the foreign workers missing were "money problems", "job problems", "having problems with employers, but asked for help in vain or did not know how to ask for help", "unequal treatment by employers", "unable to be transferred to another employer", "often threatened to be repatriated "and" asked to return home immediately". However, Those can be summed up as" money problems"," working conditions "and" freedom of being transferred to another employer ".
There are several recommendations about Taiwan foreign workers policy according to the conclusions of this research:
(1)To reduce limits of transfer to another employers.
(2)To abolish restrictions on transfer out of the vacant period.
(3)To set up temporary foreign workers system.
(4)To lower threshold of applying for the domestic workers.
(5)To regulate the overseas brokers charging criterion.
(6)To inflict severe penalties on the illegality.
(7)To establish standardized labor contract.
(8)To enhance the transparency of foreign workers information.
(9)To plan earnest money system of foreign workers.
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Tasi, Chun-Hao, and 蔡君豪. "Foreign Workers in Malaysia：Emergence and Trends of Development." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61191596968481328474.
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碩士<br>淡江大學<br>東南亞研究所碩士班<br>96<br>Malaysia has its glorious history using the outside areas laborer. Today, Malaysia becomes the international half technology and the non- technical laborer axis member of movement system in Asian area. Its within the boundaries has the quantity huge foreign labor force. However Malaysian government has really low control for the illegal foreign laborer. Official is in addition unclear regarding the illegal foreign laborer''s manner. Causes it is difficulty to know the Malaysian whole foreign labor force with all walks of life from the official material the development tendency. Therefore must thoroughly understand the Malaysian foreign laborer''s development tendency. Potential essential from scholar, official organization as well as non- official organization''s correlation investigation and research, carries on the material the reorganization and the analysis. Therefore this research institute carries on the discussion the Malaysian foreign laborer development tendency research results. Perhaps will be allowed to provide some information to be engaged in the correlation research to the future the scholar reference.
This research mainly uses the literature analysis method. And face divides into the foreign laborer development tendency discussion the quantity、geography position and employment structure three aspects. In quantitative aspect, this research discussion foreign laborer appears the background, the foreign quantity of labor growth tendency and the illegal foreign laborer phenomenon. In geography position aspect, this research discussion foreign laborer''s origin, locus and illegal Indonesian nationality laborer''s geography position characteristic. The industrial structure as well as the foreign laborer which in the employment structure aspect, which this research discussion foreign laborer gets employed the industrial structure, the different nationality laborers gets employed gets employed to Malaysia''s influence.
This finding discovered below that, the Malaysian foreign laborer development tendency has eight phenomena:
First, the foreign laborer''s appearance background and the quantity grow all has the close relation with the economical development;
Second, within the boundaries of Malaysia have the massive illegal workers.
Third, the political factor involvement the influence that limitedly shrinks regarding the foreign quantity of labor;
Fourth, the foreign laborer originates more and more diverse;
Fifth, the foreign laborer locus distribution similarly receives the economy and the political influence;
Sixth, India, the horse both countries geography position approaches creates the massive Indonesian nationality illegal immigration;
Seventh, the foreign laborer gets employed industrial structure from agriculture and building industry shift to manufacturing industry and service industry;
Eighth, suitable also the right amount utilization foreign laborer is helpful to Malaysia develops.
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Chi, Chiu Kao, and 邱國志. "The Research on Surrender of Missing Foreign Workers." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/00021397872803783754.
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碩士<br>國立中正大學<br>政治學研究所<br>102<br>As numbers of imported and missing foreign worker continue growing and the number of arrested missing foreign worker falls behind that of the missing, the number of missing foreign worker in Taiwan keeps high. In the policy-making, the government can not reduce the demand for foreign worker and neither offers an effective mechanism to prevent the missing of foreign worker. The final approach is enhancing crackdown to reduce the number of missing foreign worker. The research aims to propose effective ways to reduce the number of missing foreign worker by studying motivations for foreign worker’s surrenders.
The research adopts eight samples from Vietnam and Indonesian missing foreign worker who had been detained in the temporary detention centers of National Immigration Agency. Through profound interviews with them, conclusions are made regarding measures to motivate surrender of the foreign worker as follows:
A. Non-Controlled Entry
B. Exempted from High Penalty
C. Availability of Report Bonus
D. Exempted from Detention if Provision of Valuable Intelligence
E. Detention-Free in case of Surrender
F. Exempted from Administrative Penalty
G. Case Deportation
H. Free Placement Program
As far as the effect is concerned, the former four measures can attract partial missing foreign worker to surrender. Nevertheless, the latter four measures can only attract missing foreign worker willing to return home. If they are implemented at the same time, the effects will be more positive.
Furthermore, the research offers suggestions as follows for reference of the government in future policy-making from aspects of “psychology of foreign worker” and “supply and demand of the market”:
A. Relax Restriction on Employer Transfer
B. Plan Deposit System for Missing Foreign worker
C. Broaden Application of Report Bonus for Foreign worker
D. Open Import of Foreign worker for Agriculture and Livestock Industry
E. Establish Amnesty Mechanism for Missing Foreign worker
Keyword: missing foreign worker, surrender, detention
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YU, CHIEN-MING, and 游劍鳴. "A Study on Foreign Workers Policy in Taiwan." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/m5wg9c.
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碩士<br>世新大學<br>法律學研究所(含碩專班)<br>107<br>With the changes in Taiwan's industrial structure,the rapid growth
of the service industry, the improvement of education standards, changes
in the concept of work values, and the aging of the population structure,
the grass-roots labor force is in short supply, and traditional industries
are facing the predicament of lack of work. In response to the shortage of
labor, government began importing foreign workers from Thailand,
Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Mongolia since 1989 to
solve the problem of insufficient labor in traditional industries. By the
end of 2017, the number of foreign workers in Taiwan had reached 67
million people. As many as people have become an indispensable source
of labor in Taiwan's basic labor market, but it is still a weak ethnic group
in Taiwan.
The content of this paper is mainly divided into six chapters, the
first chapter is the introduction, explains the research background,
motivation, purpose, method and scope of this article. The second
chapter mainly introduces the background, policy history and current
situation of foreign labor policy introduction in Taiwan; It is to organize
foreign labor policies and management systems in countries such as
Germany, Singapore, South Korea and Japan; Chapter 4 describes the
employment and management of foreign workers in Taiwan; Chapter 5
discusses the basic rights and interests of foreign workers in Taiwan’s
legal system. Chapter 6 is recommendations and conclusions.
This article hopes that by understanding Taiwan's foreign labor
policy and management system related to other countries, in order to
examine the management measures and issues of foreign labor policies
in Taiwan, we hope that we can put forward appropriate
recommendations on the current legal system related to foreign workers.
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HUANG, I.-CHING, and 黃一淨. "Foreign Workers Health Examination Measures of the Employment Service Law: The Case of Blue-Collar Foreign Workers in the Technology Industry." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54u2xm.
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碩士<br>國立中正大學<br>勞工關係學系碩士在職專班<br>107<br>In 1989, Taiwan allowed the hiring of foreign workers to solve the problem of a workforce shortage in its key industries. For communicable disease control purposes, in August 1992 the government established regulations requiring foreign workers to provide a recent health examination report prior to entering Taiwan. This study uses the example of blue-collar foreign workers in the technology industry as the basis for a discussion of the health examination report requirement, the business requirements of the technology industry, and various relevant international regulations. Because most technology industry factories are situated in science parks, the factories exhibit a high degree of compliance with governmental regulations. Foreign workers in the technology industry are generally managed by human resource agencies and housed in dormitories provided by said agencies. This study discusses the problems that health examination policies create for blue-collar foreign workers employed in the technology industry under the current environment and corporate governance practices, and proposes ways in which future amendments to the relevant regulations could address these problems.
This study mainly collected and reviewed literature concerning the foreign worker health examination policies of various countries and reviewed the amendment process for Taiwan’s policies regarding routine health examinations for foreign workers. This study makes the following conclusions: 1. Countries that have adopted a guest-worker policy have similar health examination policies as those established in Taiwan. 2. Routine health examination policies for foreign workers in the technology industry should focus on screening for infectious diseases that commonly occur in groups that live together. 3. Policies regarding routine health examinations for regular foreign workers or foreign workers with extended working permits are established to prevent infectious diseases and in consideration of social security aspects. 4. Foreign workers who must undergo a reexamination due to abnormal routine health examination results may have their privacy rights violated during the reexamination process. 5. Registered nurses who provide labor healthcare services mainly focus on disease prevention in factories. In the future, these nurses can conduct public health checkups and provide healthcare education in dormitories. 6. According to current regulations, the researchers determined that foreign workers are required to produce health certificates instead of health examination reports. Based on these conclusions, this study proposes the following suggestions: 1. After reviewing the disease prevention measures of other advanced countries, the current routine health examination policy in Taiwan is appropriate; however, the items comprising the examination and the frequency with which examinations are conducted must be routinely evaluated. 2. After foreign workers receive an extended permit, the government should consider applying the health examination management policies for normal laborers to such foreigner workers. 3. The government should regulate employers or establish a window to handle foreign worker affairs to protect the privacy of foreign workers. 4. Human resource agencies that charge foreign workers a service fee should assist workers to communicate with employers. This can be included as an item in an evaluation of said agencies. 5. The competent authority’s evaluation should include the verification of health certificates granted to foreign workers.
The purpose of policies mandating routine health examinations of foreign workers is to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. In the future, Taiwan should endeavor to prevent disease while still conforming to international labor policies with respect to foreign workers.
Keywords: foreign workers, human resource agency, health examination, Employment Service Law, Regulations Governing the Management of the Health Examination of Employed Aliens
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WU, SHAO-XUAN, and 吳韶璇. "The Impact of Foreign Workers on the Demand of Native-Born Workers in Taiwan." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/h2gy2w.
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碩士<br>國立中央大學<br>經濟學系<br>107<br>In this paper we establish the demand model of foreign workers and native-born workers, based on the theory of labor demand. We mainly estimate the impact of the foreign workers on the demand of native-born workers, with particular emphasis on the “external employment stability fee plus foreign labor quota mechanism” (the so called additional policy). This paper also focuses on the impact of foreign labor management model on the employment of foreign workers, as well as the relationship between foreign workers and native-born workers' working hours. These two issues are relatively rare in both domestic and foreign literature. An industry-scale panel data from 2012 to 2017 is constructed by using the “Foreign Labor Management and Application Survey” and the “Manpower Utilization Survey” for empirical analysis.
The empirical results show that foreign workers and native-born low-skill workers are a significant substitute relationship, and the elasticity of substitution between the two is 6.33, higher than those found in the related literature in earlier time periods. After the additional policy in 2013, the elasticity of substitution between the two increases to 24.06. Moreover, this study finds that the causes of the increase in foreign workers in recent years include the relatively higher domestic workers' wages increases and the management methods related to foreign workers. In addition, for industries of low foreign worker proportion, foreign workers and native-born low-skilled workers are substitute; yet, they are complement with native-born high-skilled workers. However, for industries where foreign workers are employed at a higher proportion, foreign workers and native-born workers of all levels of skills become substitute. This may probably be related to industrial characteristics, such as the level of capital. As for the impact of working hours, this paper found that the correlation between foreign workers and native-born workers' time is not significant, showing a decreasing trend for all workers in recent years. This may be due to that all workers are protected by the related labor law.
Based on the above empirical results, this paper suggests that the governmental authority should be cautious in further opening up the number of foreign workers in Taiwan, especially for industries of high foreign worker intensity. For industries of relatively low proportion of foreign workers, additional foreign workers could be increased; nevertheless, at the meantime, for low-skilled workers in those industries, policies improving their technical levels such as particular skill trainings are suggested. In addition, under the “New Economic Immigration Law”, firms are able to recruit middle-skilled foreign workers in Taiwan. Based on the mostly adverse impact of foreign workers on the labor demand for native-born workers, it should continue to evaluate the impact of the implementation of the “New Economic Immigration Law” on the labor market.
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Chiang, Steven, and 江坤鋒. "The case study of foreign workers'''' experience in Taiwan." Thesis, 1997. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/07958057443062205712.
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碩士<br>國立中正大學<br>勞工研究所<br>85<br>This research is an attempt to explore 1).the implication
of the economic significance means for foreign workers in
infrastructural construction industry in Taiwan, such as the
cost of the economic rewards of foreign workers. 2).How the
daily life of foreign workers reflects their socioeconomic
status? and 3). How foreign workers cope with the exploitation
and oppressed basedon a construction --Chu-Fone through
participant observations and interviews. The case of Chu-
Fone Company shows that foreign workers strugglefor nostalgia
and economic benefits, they are suffering and helplessness. From
the step they apply to come to work in Taiwan,foreign workers
have began the journey of exploitation. They paidcostly
commission and received less pay on agreement. In the field,
foreign workers were controlled by an authoritative mode. In
addition, they*re isolated from people in Taiwan, foreign
workersalso stratified within ethnic groups. Although
foreign workers are situated in the lowest status ofTaiwanese
society , they adopted the stoppage to show their resistance
toward the capitalist.
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Lai, Nancy, and 賴加華. "White-Collar Foreign Workers in Taiwan: A Preliminary Research." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/60111916289632087903.
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碩士<br>國立政治大學<br>勞工研究所<br>96<br>This research wants to probe into the three phases (before, during, and after) of
foreign professionals working in Taiwan, so as to understand the working
communication in Taiwan that foreign professionals use, their working situation and
living adaptation during in Taiwan, their career plans in the future, and the opinions of
employees and employers on related regulations.
This research uses the method of having interviews with the foreign English
teachers and native employers. From March 2007 to April 2007, 7 foreign English
teachers and 2 native employers were conducted. The main findings of this research
are as below:
I. Before coming to Taiwan：
1. Explore life experience is the reason that most foreign English teachers want to
find a job out of original country.
2. The connection of internet and relation of social network become the most
important factors for foreign professional skills about acquiring the information
of work opportunity, and solving the daily lives problems in Taiwan.
3. Because of distance, it causes risk factors through Taiwanese employers recruit
foreign English teachers.
4. There still have the spaces to improve the transaction cost spent in foreign
professionals importing and applying procedure after CLA implementing the
“Single Window” program.
II. Staying in Taiwan：
1. In Living:
a. In general, foreign English teachers in these interviews are satisfied with the
living environment in Taiwan.
b.Disappointedly, there is a blemish which is the English condition in Taiwan not
good enough, and there are no bilingual instruction in many public places
facilities, documents, and products.
2. In Work:
a. There are limitation for foreign English teachers to know about their own work
rights and interests in Taiwan.
b. The NSC system in attracting foreign professionals tends to be passive, there is
not enough attractiveness.
c. In general, we should consider native English teachers’ work rights and then
introduces the foreign teacher. There is a great positive benefit to our development
in promote English ability.
d. There are some problems existing in the environment of scholarly research in
Taiwan recently which are the unbalance of the resources distribution and
disproportion of region development.
III. Future plan：
1. Acquiring the foreign work experience is very important for these foreign English
teachers living and works in original country finally.
2. Taiwanese friendship and enthusiasm may become one of the factors that make
foreign English teachers come again.
To sum up, this research suggests that we government should emphasize more
on the integration of related departments to indeed implement “Single Window”
system, keep on improving our international condition, and strengthen the work
connection between the West and Taiwan, all of the above will help promoting
Taiwanese economic development and international image.
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Jiang, Yu-Xun, and 江昱勳. "A Study on rights of foreign domestic workers Legalization." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/86618595309168784999.
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Tsai, Hsiao-Yu, and 蔡曉渝. "The study of foreign domestic workers management in Hsinchu." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63663110160405518188.
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碩士<br>中華大學<br>行政管理學系(所)<br>98<br>No doubt, we are facing with the aging society, the long-term care about elder manhad become the serious problem. However, with the changing of the life style, Taiwanindustry and the structure of the economy had dramatically changed ,the female have more educational level and they are willing to be employed increasingly. Under this situation, the lacking of the elder care resources had forced us to emphasis. Although our government deregulate the foreign caretakers which mostly come from the Asia country to care the inability elder people, female caretakers haven’t to get responsibility
of taking care the elders day by day.
The Hsinchu city had been facing with the aging society since 1997. According to the result of government’s statistics, this city had been employed more and more elder foreign caretakers in Hsinchu since 2001. Besides, Hsinchu city also had serious problem to manage the long-term care’s institution for inability.
To sum up, under the two conditions, that’s the really reason why we have more and more foreign caretakers in Hsinchu city. Therefore, the study chose this city as the example, using survey and interview research method, and presenting the reality from the policy stakeholder’sperspectives.
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Chia, Chih-wei, and 賈志偉. "Runaway Foreign Workers in Taiwan: Causes, Effects and Management." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08598738641064540056.
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碩士<br>國立中正大學<br>戰略暨國際事務研究所<br>102<br>The globalization of the labor market has made it possible for many countries to import foreign workers. In 2012, there were as many as 445579 foreign workers in Taiwan, and the figure has raised public concerns about foreign labor affairs. According to the migration theory, economic, political and cultural features make Taiwan an ideal place many foreign workers choose to come. On the demand side, many Taiwanese employers also tend to hire foreign workers.
Those foreign workers coming to Taiwan are mostly blue-collar ones. Given that there are tensions between foreign labors and local people from time to time, and that agencies introducing the foreign workers often overcharge the fees, some foreign workers tend to run away from their working places and become illegal workers. It is estimated that in 2012 there were 37177 runaway foreign workers, constituting 8% of the total foreign workers. It is generally held that the runaway foreign workers would become a social problem for Taiwan, as they may disturb the job market as well as cause public order issues.
This thesis undertakes a perspective of “human security,” which is advanced by the United Nations to include “economic security,” “food security,” “health and safety,” “environmental security,” “personal security,” “social security” and “political security,” to study the issue of runaway foreign workers in Taiwan. It is suggested that apart from the problems they may cause to the society, runaway foreign workers themselves also suffer from issues of “economic security,” “health security,” “personal security,” and “political security.” They would also bring to themselves and the local communities a variety of problems such as health, ethnic, employment and public order ones.
The National Immigration Agency is the main governing body in charge of foreign labors affair in Taiwan, aiming at guarding the rights of foreigners and residents alike. After a brief survey of the current laws and measures regarding runaway foreign workers, the thesis suggests that the concept of “human security” is useful to complement the existing practices, as it also emphasizes the security and rights of the foreign workers and may reduce the number of runaway foreign workers more effectively. It is in so doing that Taiwan’s internal security can be better addressed.
Keywords: Human Security, Runaway foreign workers, Migration theory, Migration Management
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Li, An-Li, and 李安禮. "A Trend Analysis of the Foreign Workers in Taiwan." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5a2uwn.
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碩士<br>國立交通大學<br>企業管理碩士學程<br>105<br>According to the statistics of the Ministry of Labor, the number of the foreign in 2009 was three hundred and fifty thousand approximately. In the end of 2016, the number of foreign labor in Taiwan even passed over six hundred, which means that the number of foreign workers increased by nearly three hundred thousand in the past seven years, especially the Industrial foreign labor grew the most. This study is focusing on the number of foreign workers from Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines which are the major labor-sending countries of Taiwan based on the trend analysis method during the interval from 2002 to 2016. In terms of the total number of foreign labor, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines are on the rise, except that Thailand has declined year by year. In terms of social welfare industry, Indonesia's social welfare workers have the highest share of 60.67% in average, Vietnam accounted for about 20.56%, the Philippines accounted for about 15.67% and Thailand accounted for about 1.09%; in this category, nursing workers took 98.23% in average which is highest share in 15 years. In terms of industrial labor, Thailand's industrial workers took the highest share in 15 years which is 36.71% of, the total number industrial labor in average, Vietnam accounted for about 24.79%, the Philippines accounted for about 28.39%, Indonesia accounted for about 10.11%; in this category, manufacturing industry took the highest share of 93.19% within 15 years in average.
The government's policy on foreign labor is the main reason for the waning and waxing of its population, and the possibility of the foreign workers’ population keep expanding in the near future is high owing to the loosening of the foreign labor policy. The government should consider the policy of foreign workers carefully, they need to avoid making the policy which can only be used on solving the problem temporarily instead of figuring out the perfect answer to the root of the problem, and examine the policy if there is an interest contradiction between the foreign and domestic labor, meanwhile, the stability of diplomatic relations among Taiwan and the four countries should be taken into account.