Guoxin Ma
Hiring foreign domestic workers out of status, not necessity: reflections on some preliminary findings from Malaysia
Ma, Guoxin; Xu, Wei; Chee, Koon Saw; Foong, Yee Tan; Zengchong, Kang
Authors
Wei Xu
Koon Saw Chee
Yee Tan Foong
Kang Zengchong
Abstract
Research on foreign domestic workers has been heavily featured in sociology, and to lesser extents, work and employment, economics and international relations. We take an alternative viewpoint seeing the hiring households as consumers in order to investigate their real intentions for hiring foreign domestic workers. This study reports some preliminary findings from a larger scale study which suggests that, surprisingly, hiring intentions have no significant relationship with either necessity or convenience. On the other hand, social status appears to be the most significant predictor of hiring intentions. This study provides some discussions and reflections on this alternative view of foreign domestic workers and calls for further research.
Citation
Ma, G., Xu, W., Chee, K. S., Foong, Y. T., & Zengchong, K. (2019). Hiring foreign domestic workers out of status, not necessity: reflections on some preliminary findings from Malaysia. #Journal not on list, 9(3), 198-202. https://doi.org/10.11127/gmt.2019.09.07
| Journal Article Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Acceptance Date | May 1, 2019 |
| Online Publication Date | Sep 1, 2019 |
| Publication Date | Jul 1, 2019 |
| Deposit Date | May 31, 2023 |
| Journal | Management Today |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 198-202 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.11127/gmt.2019.09.07 |
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