A Qualitative Study to Identify the Issues of Employers Employing Migrant Workers

The present study is the identification of issues of employers by employing migrant workers. The study was conducted in the steel manufacturing companies in Kerala. This is a qualitative study used semi- structured questionnaire to identify the issues from the respondents. The respondents was HR managers of the company. Thematic analysis was utilised to evaluate the interview data.The study found that the employers were faced with 1. Job related issue2. Individual issue 3. Managerial issue 4. Performance issue 5. Relationship issue 6. Behavioural issue.

Keywords

Migrant workers Turnover Job related issue Individual issue Managerial issue Personal behavioural issue

References

Arun P. A and Mr. Ajay P. (2017). Migrant Labour in Kerala: A Study on Interstate Migrant Workers. International Journal of Research, Vol. 2, Issue 2, May 2017.
Attride-Stirling, J. (2001). Thematic networks: an analytic tool for qualitative research. Qualitative Research, 1, 385–405.
Balfour, D. L., & Neff, D. M. (1993). Predicting and managing turnover in human service agencies: A case study of an organization in crisis. Public Personnel Management, 22, 473–486.
Balfour, D. L., & Neff, D. M. (1993). Predicting and managing turnover in human service agencies: A case study of an organization in crisis. Public Personnel Management, 22, 473–486.
Beni Halvorsen & Carol T. Kulik (2010). Retaining migrant employees: Reducing turnover using Job Embeddedness Theory. (ResearchGate source)
Braun, V. & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3, 77–101.
Chandran & Chacko (2016). Exploitation of in-migrant construction workers in Kerala: a case study. SRJIS, Nov–Dec 2017, Vol 4/37.
Daniel Quinn Mills (1997). Real power to the people. Management Development Review, Vol. 10, 87–89.
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Dong, X., & Platner, J. W. (2004). Occupational fatalities of Hispanic construction workers from 1992 to 2000. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 45(1), 45–54.
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Quandt S. A., Arcury-Quandt A. E., Lawlor E. J., Carrillo L., Marín A. J. (2013). 3-D jobs and health disparities: the health implications of Latino chicken catchers’ working conditions. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 56(2): 206–215.
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C. Surya Prakash, Reema . (2020). A Qualitative Study to Identify the Issues of Employers Employing Migrant Workers. IITM Journal of Management and IT, 11(2), 38-44.

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[1] Arun P. A and Mr. Ajay P. (2017). Migrant Labour in Kerala: A Study on Interstate Migrant Workers. International Journal of Research, Vol. 2, Issue 2, May 2017.

[2] Attride-Stirling, J. (2001). Thematic networks: an analytic tool for qualitative research. Qualitative Research, 1, 385–405.

[3] Balfour, D. L., & Neff, D. M. (1993). Predicting and managing turnover in human service agencies: A case study of an organization in crisis. Public Personnel Management, 22, 473–486.

[4] Balfour, D. L., & Neff, D. M. (1993). Predicting and managing turnover in human service agencies: A case study of an organization in crisis. Public Personnel Management, 22, 473–486.

[5] Beni Halvorsen & Carol T. Kulik (2010). Retaining migrant employees: Reducing turnover using Job Embeddedness Theory. (ResearchGate source)

[6] Braun, V. & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3, 77–101.

[7] Chandran & Chacko (2016). Exploitation of in-migrant construction workers in Kerala: a case study. SRJIS, Nov–Dec 2017, Vol 4/37.

[8] Daniel Quinn Mills (1997). Real power to the people. Management Development Review, Vol. 10, 87–89.

[9] Dilip Saikia (2014). Economic conditions of the migrant workers in Kerala: a study in the Trivandrum district. Journal of Indian Research, Vol. 2, No. 4, Oct–Dec 2014, 33–46.

[10] Dong, X., & Platner, J. W. (2004). Occupational fatalities of Hispanic construction workers from 1992 to 2000. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 45(1), 45–54.

[11] McCall, G. J., & Simons, J. L. (1978). The role identity model in identities and interactions: An examination of human associations in everyday life. New York: Free Press.

[12] Narayana, D. & Venkiteswaran, C. S. (2013). Domestic Migrant Labour in Kerala. Gulati Institute of Finance & Taxation (GIFT). http://www.lc.kerala.gov.in/images/Current/ismstudy.pdf

[13] Perez, M. (2008). Turnover intention (Doctoral dissertation, University of Zurich, Brüttisellen, Germany).

[14] Quandt S. A., Arcury-Quandt A. E., Lawlor E. J., Carrillo L., Marín A. J. (2013). 3-D jobs and health disparities: the health implications of Latino chicken catchers’ working conditions. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 56(2): 206–215.

[15] Sexton, R. S., McMurtrey, S., Michalopoulos, J. O., & Smith, A. M. (2005). Employee turnover: a neural network solution. Computers & Operations Research, 32(10), 2635–2651.

[16] Shyla Hameed (2017). Conceptual and theoretical issues involved in the migrants of Kerala. International Journal of Research, Vol. 2, Issue 2, May 2017.

[17] Syed, J. (2008). Employment prospects for skilled migrants: A relational perspective. Human Resource Management Review, 18(1), 28–45.

[18] Trade Union Congress (2003). Overworked, underpaid and over here: migrant workers in Britain. London: TUC.

[19] V. S. Deepika & Pushpa M. Savadatti (2018). Reasons for Extensive In-Migration in Kerala: A Study from the Employers’ Perspective. Volume 6, No. 2, pp. 19.

[20] Wasmuth W. J., & Davis S. W. (1983). Managing employee turnover: why employees leave. The Cornell HRA Quarterly, pp. 11–18.

[21] Zachariah, K. C., & Rajan, S. I. (2008). Kerala Migration Survey 2007. Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum.