Enhancement the involvement of local labour in Malaysian construction industry

Although Malaysia's construction industry has grown tremendously over the years, this industry fails to attract many local labour to involve on the ground. This research focus on how to enhance the involvement of local labour in Malaysian construction industry. Therefore, this study looks for factors that led to poor involvement of local labour and determine the strategies to increase involvement of local labour in Malaysian construction industry. The questionnaire was tested for validity and reliability with 20 samples, resulting a Cronbach's Alpha score of 0.840. This indicates that the questionnaire has "good" internal consistency. Descriptive analysis and nonparametric correlation test were used to analyses the data obtained Questionnaires were distributed to 120 employees of G5-G7 contractors in Johor. The distribution through face to face and email. With 60% return, the data were analyzed using SPSS version 25. Descriptive analysis and nonparametric correlation test were used to analyses the data obtained. It also used terma coding for open ended questionnaire. It resulted that, local labour being selective in works, low minimum wage and work status were the main factors to poor involvement of local labour in Malaysian construction industry. However, it can be tackled by raising the minimum wage, training incentive programs, providing accommodation and improve the organization structure.