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Journal articles on the topic "Filipinos – employment"
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Pante, Michael D. "Rickshaws and Filipinos: Transnational Meanings of Technology and Labor in American-Occupied Manila." International Review of Social History 59, S22 (August 14, 2014): 133–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0020859014000315.
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AbstractThis article tells the hitherto unknown history of the rickshaw in the Philippines. The Filipinos’ encounter with this transport mode was brief and largely revolved around a failed rickshaw business in Manila in 1902. The venture quickly fizzled out, but not without controversy, deeply rooted in the colliding socio-political forces in the city at that time: the reliance on a non-motorized transport system; the consolidation of American colonial rule against the backdrop of an ongoing revolution; the birth of the first Filipino labor federation; and the implementation of a law banning the employment of Chinese workers from unskilled trades. The controversy turned the rickshaw into a disputed symbol. On the one hand, the rickshaw enterprise was criticized by Filipino carriage drivers and nationalist labor leaders, who viewed the vehicle as an essentially foreign apparatus that would enslave Filipinos. On the other hand, the Americans used the Filipinos’ opposition to the rickshaw to prove the supposed un-modernity of the lazy native workers, who failed to grasp the idea of the dignity of labor. These disputes were inextricably linked to the clash of discourses between Filipino nationalism and colonial modernity, two competing perspectives both influenced by a comparative transnational frame.
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Rodrigo Concepcion Morales and Mark Ivan Mallare Gomez. "Interactional Voices from Newspaper Editorials: A Filipino-American Contrastive Study." Open Access Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies 7, no. 2 (May 30, 2024): 098–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.53022/oarjms.2024.7.2.0029.
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Using categorization of interactive metadiscourse, the present study attempted to contrastively compare editorials of two writing cultures, Filipinos and Americans. The objectives of the study were identifying the cultural features revealed by the Filipino editorialists and Anglo-American editorialists, and determining how the two writing cultures differ in the utilization of interactional metadiscourse resources in their editorials. A total of 180 editorials served as the corpus of the study; 90 from the Philippine Daily Inquirers (PDY) and 90 from the New York Times (NYT). The findings revealed that American editorialists significantly employed metadiscource resources as compared to Filipino editorialists specifically the employment of code glosses and transitional devices. This can be attributed to their writing confidence in utilizing their native language for Americans, while second language for Filipinos. Cultural, political, and social realities also play a critical role in the utilization of metadiscoursal resources in writing.The pedagogical implications were provided for future research directions.
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ZHAO, MINGHUA, and MARAGTAS S. V. AMANTE. "Chinese and Filipino Seafarers: A Race to the Top or the Bottom?" Modern Asian Studies 39, no. 3 (July 2005): 535–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x04001660.
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All countries with significant coastlines and groups of islands inevitably produce seafarers at some time or other in the course of their economic development, and the two countries which are the subject of this paper are no exceptions. Chinese ships and seafarers were famously exploring the Indian Ocean more than a century before the arrival of the Portuguese and once the Spanish Pacific empire was established in the sixteenth century, the ships linking Mexico to Manila were mainly crewed by Filipinos. And it need hardly be said that Chinese and Filipinos have both been employed by foreign ship-owners throughout the twentieth century. What is unquestionably new is the magnitude of Filipino seafarers' employment in the world's merchant ships and the extraordinary growth of China as a nation with a major stake in the shipping industry, both as ship-owner and as a source of seafarers.
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Böhning, W. R. "Conceptualizing and Simulating the Impact of the Asian Crisis on Filipinos' Employment Opportunities Abroad." Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 7, no. 2-3 (June 1998): 339–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/011719689800700211.
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In the absence of hard registration or survey data on return migrants, this paper first seeks to identify the factors that reduce Filipinos' employment opportunities in countries affected by the current crisis and then carries out two rounds of simulation to estimate the orders of magnitude involved. The first round consists of a simple employment elasticity exercise. The second takes account of anticipated sectoral, occupational or other impacts. Finally, the paper briefly lists the measures available to the Government to deal with return migration.
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C. Jacob MAT, Roberto, Guzman , Ebenezer I., Magtaka Cyrille Emir B., Rubin , Jef M., Turo Franco Emmanuelle P., Candaruma Alliah Venice D., Madriaga Francesca Viannca B., and Somera Jania Ann Claret B. "FROM BUSINESS DISASTER TO PROFESSIONAL BREAKTHROUGH: THE COPING MECHANISMS OF FILIPINO MIGRANT WORKERS, A PHENOMENOLOGY." International Journal of Advanced Research 9, no. 02 (February 28, 2021): 618–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/ijar01/12490.
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Background: Some businesses, compared to million-dollar enterprises, fail to make an impact. As a result, some entrepreneurs resort to closing their businesses. To excel in their professions, they need to cope with business losses. Method: This paper used a phenomenological design to understand the participants lived experiences, particularly Filipino migrant workers who have experienced business loss, relative to the central question, How do Filipino professionals cope with business loss? Findings: Filipinos displaying entrepreneurial characteristics (business mindedness, profit orientation, future planning) have desires to raise enterprises. However, entrepreneurial trials (e.g. management issues, competition issues, financial burdens) will be faced, which result in business losses. They coped with losses through entrepreneurial solutions, specifically career motivation and family motivation. Conclusion: Maintaining an enterpriseis never easy as it requires sacrifices, time, and especially money. Business disasters come with overwhelming consequences and complications. Nevertheless, after facing different challenges of experiencing business loss, former entrepreneurs can achieve breakthroughs. This research aims to help future entrepreneurs cope with predicted business losses. Recommendation: The researchers recommend considering other coping mechanisms to explore other options for future entrepreneurs. Furthermore, it is also recommended to focus on one business nature and one employment sector to achieve more specific findings.
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Skaptadóttir, Unnur Dís. "Transnational Practices and Migrant Capital: The Case of Filipino Women in Iceland." Social Inclusion 7, no. 4 (December 19, 2019): 211–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i4.2320.
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Filipinos have been moving to Iceland in increasing numbers since the 1990s, primarily for employment opportunities and to reunite with relatives. They are the third largest group of immigrants in Iceland and the largest group from Asia. The majority of them work in low-income jobs in the service and production sectors where they do not utilize their education. Many arrived with the help of relatives already living in Iceland. Based on multi-sited ethnographic research, this article examines the diverse mobilization of migrant capital in Iceland and in the Philippines. The analysis draws on Bourdieu’s concepts of capital and transnational theories to highlight how Filipinos draw on formal and informal resources in Iceland and their transnational social field in mobilizing their capital. Their extended kin groups in Iceland and networks back in the Philippines are important in building migrant capital in Iceland and in the Philippines. The study shows that this mobilization is not only affected by structural factors in Iceland, such as racialization, but also by economic position and cultural capital in the Philippines.
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Romano, Nephi P., Eltimar T. Castro Jr., Emiliana J. Lozano, Mark Lennon A. Sitones, and Melquizedek G. Borbon. "Sustainable Livelihood Program and Peace development among the marginalized citizens in Butuan City, Philippines." International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention 9, no. 09 (September 1, 2022): 7182–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/ijsshi/v9i09.01.
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The case study presents results of the investigation on the impact of the sustainable livelihood program (SLP) implemented by City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD) to the marginalized Filipinos in Butuan City, Philippines. The study utilized the descriptive-correlational design to determine the extent of impact and tested the significant effect of the SLP to the improvement of their economic (employment, the creation of skills,) and social (peace development, personal satisfaction) of those beneficiaries of the said project. Though the triple constraints (time, scope, and cost) of the project was also present and limit this study, the researchers have collaborated with social workers and leaders of each community to ensure that the data-gathering plan met the standard requirement. Combination of purposive and convenience sampling techniques were mostly deployed during the survey, while observations and interviews from time to time were executed to validate other points which were critical in the interpretations and analyses of the results. The study had open new information that SLP project has a significant contribution in the social protection for those marginalized people not only in Butuan City but also in other regions of Philippines with a high population of marginalized Filipinos. The beneficiaries of the project mostly women were able to generate a new source of income that could support their daily needs. It also sparks hope for every marginalized Filipinos because there was this personal satisfaction achieved within themselves, 32 percent of the respondents agreed that it developed their well-being, while 41 percent believed SLP provide poverty alleviation. Most of the respondents concluded that SLP had created for positive peace development to their respective household, and to the community since it gives them the motivation to support this project so it will grow and become a sustainable livelihood program. The R-squared of .948 concludes that at least 94.8 percent of the variance on the impact of SLP project could explain the factors that influence economic and social development among the marginalized Filipinos in Butuan City, Philippines.
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Andam, Abdullah Campong, and Ahmad Zamri Osman. "Determinants of intention to give zakat on employment income." Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research 10, no. 4 (July 8, 2019): 528–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jiabr-08-2016-0097.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify the factors influencing intention of Muslim Filipinos to give zakat on employment income.Design/methodology/approachThe study used the extended theory of planned behaviour – an extension of the theory of reasoned action – to investigate the factors influencing intention to give zakat. The theory introduces six variables (i.e. attitude, perceived behavioural control, injunctive norm, descriptive norm, moral norm and past behaviour) in predicting the intention to give zakat. Totally, 450 questionnaires were distributed to the respondents in a Muslim-majority area (i.e. Marawi City), and 384 cases were deemed usable. The data have been analysed using multiple regression analysis.FindingsThis paper finds that attitude, descriptive norm and moral norm have a positive relationship with the intention to give zakat. Meanwhile, perceived behavioural control, injunctive norm and past behaviour are found to have insignificant influence over intention. However overall, the study supports the extension of the theory of planned behaviour which accounts for 53 per cent of the variance in intention.Originality/valueThis paper provides new insights on factors influencing the intention to give zakat on a non-Muslim majority country setting where no zakat institution operates. This paper also used the extended theory of planned behaviour on zakat compliance literature.
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Kurus, Bilson. "Migrant Labor: The Sabah Experience." Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 7, no. 2-3 (June 1998): 281–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/011719689800700208.
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Sabah has been the recipient of countless migrants for centuries. The most recent of these are largely Indonesians and Filipinos who come for economic reasons. The current economic turmoil has affected the capacity of the state to provide employment to both local and foreign workers. While Sabah is working towards reducing its dependence on foreign workers, it is likely that Sabah will continue to depend on migrant workers in the short and immediate term. The Sabah experience suggests that a more systematic approach is needed to regulate the flow of migrant labor in the region. But for this to succeed, the support and cooperation of all the relevant parties would be essential.
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Martha, Ditta Giarni. "PERLINDUNGAN BURUH MIGRAN FILIPINA DALAM KONSTITUSI." Ensiklopedia Sosial Review 2, no. 3 (December 16, 2020): 271–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.33559/esr.v2i3.588.
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The Philippines is a country that has a good migrant worker management system. Based on Article 13 of the Philippine Constitution states that the state through the authority of the Human Rights Commission guarantees appropriate legal action for the protection of the human rights of all people in the Philippines as well as Filipinos working abroad. The research method in this paper uses the normative legal research method. This research method is a method that uses and analyzes written regulations which are closely related to the library. The research result of this paper is that the POEA is fully responsible to its President through the Minister of Manpower. The POEA's relationship with other institutions related to the protection of migrant workers is sub-coordinative. POEA is the mother for the protection of migrant workers. Legal protection agencies or agencies for migrant workers in the Philippines are maximizing the roles of the Philipine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and The Office of the Legal Assistant for Migrant Affairs (OLAMA). Where the POEA is assigned to monitor and supervise recruitment agencies in the Philippines, the OWWA provides Filipino migrant workers and their families with all the assistance they may need in enforcing contractual obligations by agencies or agencies and / or their principals, and OLAMA has the duty and authority to assist and protect who get unfair treatment, both physically and psychologically.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Filipinos – employment"
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Chen, Hong Lei. "Perceived racism of Filipino workers in Macau : depression risk and the moderating effects of coping and ethnic identity." Thesis, University of Macau, 2012. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2589561.
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Allen, Reuben J. "The Philippine professional labor diaspora in the United States with a focus on Indiana's mid-size cities." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1286499.
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This thesis examines the Philippine labor diaspora in the United States, both historical and modern, with a specific focus on the modern period of migration to midsize urban places in Indiana. The historical or pre-1965 period is marked by two successive waves of movement to the United States, each of which is based upon different labor demands for unskilled labor. The modern period was initiated by the 1965 United States Immigration and Naturalization Act and is marked by far greater volumes of Filipinos entering the country. This most recent influx is characterized by significant numbers of professionals, an expression of the regional division of `skilled' labor migration flows between developing and developed countries associated with globalization. Quantitative questionnaires and qualitative interviews with 30 FilipinoAmerican professionals in six mid-size cities in Indiana examined topics of labor recruitment practices, secondary migration patterns, and the remittance practices and group formation associated with transnational identities.Department of Geography
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Absuelo, Ruby. "Employability of Philippine college and university graduates in the United States." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2014. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/868.
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Limited economic opportunity for many Filipinos has created substantial emigration of the country’s educated work force. The economic opportunities in the United States have attracted Philippine immigrants seeking employment opportunities. Thus, the U.S. now has a substantial foreign-born Filipino population. Although the majority of Philippine immigrants to the U.S. possess bachelor’s degrees or advanced degrees (Allard & Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2011; Camarota, 2012; Commission on Filipinos Overseas, 2012), many are underemployed or work in fields relatively unrelated to their education and experience.
This thesis examines Philippine college and university graduates’ social networks, educational attainment, degree field, English language proficiency, immigration status, age, and gender, factors which influence and determine Philippine graduates’ employability in the U.S. labour market. The Triangulation Mixed Methods Design also known as the Concurrent Triangulation Design was employed to effectively measure the complex phenomenon of Philippine graduates’ employability by integrating quantitative and qualitative data sets. The null hypotheses for this thesis were rejected exclusive of age and gender differences. Data revealed employability was enhanced when Philippine graduates networked with Weak Ties during initial employment and continued to be advantageous for being adequately employed (i.e. resulted in lower underemployment). However, lower employability and underemployment negatively affected graduates with a bachelor’s degree (particularly a business-related degree), those who were less proficient in English, and those who were Green Card holders. The factors that were influential in the employability of Philippine graduates coincided with the labour market demands of the American employers sampled in this study. The thesis found that the current status of Philippine graduates has improved substantially with a higher percentage of the respondents obtaining jobs commensurate with their educational qualifications as opposed to their initial employment.
Philippine graduates with medical technology degrees were particularly successful at obtaining jobs commensurate with their educational qualifications despite relatively few holding advanced degree, but on average this group had resided in the U.S. the longest. Graduates with business-related degrees continued to lag behind those in other degree fields and experienced lower employability and higher underemployment. Despite their initial employment disadvantage, these degree holders were less likely to pursue continuing education or receive additional U.S. school/educational credits. The findings of this thesis provide insight into the employability of Philippine graduates. Because of the sampling restrictions, the findings cannot be extrapolated beyond the scope of this research. These results should only be treated as indicative within the context of this research. However, they provide useful insights for policy-makers, stakeholders and academics in the Philippines.
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Pia, Jean. ""nangangamuhan" : an analysis of the standard employment contract (POEA-SEC) for Filipino seafarers." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2016. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/101069/.
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This thesis explores the terms and conditions of the standard employment contract (POEA-SEC) for overseas Filipino seafarers. The contract, and the workers’ experience of it, is studied as an institutional arrangement prescribed by the Philippine government for the deployment of seafarers as contractual workers in the global labour market. This study aims to answer questions posed at the outset of this research on the enforcement and implementation of the POEA-SEC and its effectiveness in protecting the welfare and well-being of seafarers. This research examined the views, perceptions and experiences of seafarers and other major stakeholders in relation to their use of the POEA-SEC. The process of approval of the POEA-SEC was used as a case study to generate qualitative data. Multiple approaches such as legal analysis, semi-structured interviews, site observation, and focus groups were employed to gather evidence. Participants all came from the Philippines, a developing country in Southeast Asia. The thesis argues that the POEA-SEC is essentially an economic arrangement, which is fundamentally constructed to capture the remittance of workers. The contract is insufficient to address the problems associated with the vulnerability of the working conditions currently experienced by Filipino seafarers. Deploying the seafarers as short-term, contractual and cheap labour under the POEA-SEC undermines long established labour protection legislation, which is designed to protect the rights of workers to, for example, security of tenure and competitive rates of employment. The experience of the seafarers on-board the ship suggests that the contract cannot intercede in a beneficial way and falls short as a legal document to protect Filipino seafarers. The contract is remote from seafarers, merely symbolic and systematically fails to address seafarer issues, such as fatigue, stress and anxiety which affect their health and well-being. What is reflected in the inadequacy of the contract is the inability (and, it might be argued, collusion) of the Philippine state (and others, e.g. trade unions) to protect its citizens (as migrant labour) from the sometimes onerous demands of seafaring and the worst excesses of capital (shipowners and their proxies i.e. crewing agencies).
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Jabinal, Ezyl. "Embracing the outside world : the Filipino migration with Australia, South Australia case study." 2007. http://arrow.unisa.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/unisa:36824.
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This dissertation is divided into six sections. The first section, the introduction and literature review, also covers the aim and objectives of the thesis. The second section discusses the labour migration from the Philippines to the outside world. It then explores the push forces and pull factors for Filipino migration in terms of: (i) economic issues, including unemployment and unchecked population growth, fiscal deficit and public-sector debt, natural disaster and globalisation; (ii) political factors, including a weak and inefficient state, security problems, and laws and policies; and (iii) dynamics of marriage and family migration, personal choice, wage difference and level of skills. The third section discusses the Philippines Government's roles in promoting migration, in implementing policies to protect its Filipino migrants and in providing supports for 'overseas contract workers' (OCWs). The fourth part of the thesis explains the importance of the remittances that overseas Filipinos send back to their home country. A series of case studies is presented on the fifth chapter; these focus on Filipino professional migration to Australia and particularly the state of South Australia. The case studies provide a more in-depth understanding of the Filipino migrants' role and position in a foreign country. The findings and observations made in the study are synthesised in the concluding sixth section.
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Escobido, Cesar. "Negotiating the Rapids: Transitional Moments of the Filipino and Karen Diasporas in Regional Victoria, Australia." Thesis, 2015. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/29795/.
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The established Filipino and the newly emerging Karen/Karenni communities, although satisfied with their immigration journey, perceive forms and processes of closure in the socio-economic and cultural spheres of the Australian society. The resettlement of hundreds of Karen/Karennis into the regional City of Geelong, Victoria, coincides with rapid socio-economic changes and wide-ranging ramifications due to globalisation. Forms and processes of social closure coupled with the local resistance to the processes of globalisation are deployed by those who control, maintain, and dispense forms of power by ensuring that these ‘Third World-looking’ immigrants do not pose a threat to the competition of scarce desirable opportunities in the labour market.
In what could be considered times of turbulence and uncertainties, this study examines the lived experiences of the established Filipino and the newly emerging Karen/Karenni communities in the Geelong region. It addresses issues of difference hounding members of these diasporic communities, their engagement with access and equity, and relative positioning within the social inclusion/exclusion arena. By employing the Weberian theory of social closure in exploring the lived settlement and resettlement experiences of two immigrant communities, I aim to investigate the contemporary situation of members of these communities in regards to their positioning in the labour market relative to their qualifications and social capital, and the way they are included and excluded in many spheres of the mainstream of the host society.
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Obcena, Angelito Salinas. "Work sequences of Filipino women during the life cycle." Master's thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/131645.
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This study attempt s to analyse the trends and patterns of
female labour force participation based on the 1960, 1970
and 1975 censuses . The main analysis utilises the data from
a sample of currently married women aged 15-49 included in
the 1978 Republic of the Philippine s Fertility Survey
(RPFS ) whose first marriage remained intact and whose first
birth 'interval is positive . It identifies the main work
sequence s of Filipino women during the three life cycle
stages - before marriage , the period between marriage and
the first birth, and the period between the first birth and
the survey date . In addition , the relationship between
demographic and socio-economic factors and work sequences
is examined and the work continuity during the life cycle
stages is investigated . The discussion also focuses on
whether the work experience before marriage is an important
predictor of current work status.
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"Working as a maid in Shanghai: a comparative study of the lives and employment of Chinese and Filipina domestic helpers." 2010. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5896614.
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Chen, Yingjun.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 204-207).
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
Abstract --- p.i
Acknowledgements --- p.iii
Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1
Statement of problem --- p.1
Literature review --- p.3
Methodology --- p.14
The structure of the thesis --- p.19
Chapter 2 --- Domestic Service Market in Shanghai --- p.21
Two operating systems --- p.21
An unregulated market --- p.24
Conflicts between agencies and maids --- p.29
From the local to foreign domestic service market --- p.37
Chapter 3 --- Chinese Maids in Shanghai: A Personal Profile --- p.47
"Salary, days off and live-in/out" --- p.47
Who are they and why did they come to Shanghai to work as maids? --- p.50
Coming and leaving: Two stories --- p.55
Living in Shanghai --- p.59
Conflicts among maids --- p.65
What value do maids place on their job? --- p.68
Future plans --- p.71
Chapter 4 --- "Chinese Maids: The Explicit, the Implicit and the Unsaid in the Pre-Job Phase" --- p.75
Unspoken rules of being a proper maid --- p.75
Factors affecting hiring a maid --- p.82
Factors affecting accepting a job --- p.93
Chapter 5 --- The Chinese Maid-Employer Relationship: Conflicts and Resistance --- p.102
Conflicts with employers --- p.102
Resistance --- p.128
Chapter 6 --- Filipina Maids in Shanghai: A Personal Profile --- p.134
Where do Filipina maids work in Shanghai? --- p.134
Who are these Filipina maids and who are their employers? --- p.136
Legal status --- p.138
Why did Filipinas come to China to work as maids? --- p.141
Living in Shanghai --- p.146
About Grace --- p.152
Future plans --- p.155
Maids´ة dual identities in Shanghai --- p.156
Chapter 7 --- The Employment of Filipina Maids and the Employer-Filipina Maid Relationship --- p.162
Reasons for hiring Filipina maids --- p.162
Problems with employers --- p.174
Chapter 8 --- Pulling the Strands Together: Power Relationships --- p.190
Power is the core --- p.190
The causes --- p.193
The consequence --- p.199
A visual depiction of the relationship and its causes --- p.202
Bibliography --- p.204
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Cuenca, Joseph Gerard B. "Filipina live-in caregivers in Canada: migrants' rights and labor issues (a policy analysis)." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8907.
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Asian women make up the fastest growing category of the world's population of migrant
workers. The thesis examines labor and immigration policies of Canada as a host country for
Filipino women migrant workers. It also determines how Canada's working environment for
Filipino women migrant workers is mapped out.
The thesis is anchored on three major concerns. The first is an analysis of the Philippines as a
leading labor exporting country. The thesis expounds on the state mechanisms promoting
labor exportation and the corresponding problems that ensue. It is argued that a majority of
the problems of labor migration from the Philippines can be attributed to the inadequate
policies and laws of the government in the 1970s when labor export first flourished.
The second area of concern is a situation analysis of the Filipina migrant workers who come
to Canada to work as live-in caregivers. This discussion is focused on Canada's general
framework of immigration laws, foreign worker policies and the pertinent provincial labor
laws of British Columbia. It analyzes how these pieces of legislation have been shaped by
Canada's national policies. The thesis argues that Canada's regulations restricting the rights of
foreign domestic workers and the marginalization of their social mobility and status reflect the
unequal relationship between the host and the sending countries.
The third and most important concern is a policy analysis of the Live-In Caregiver Program
vis-a-vis migrants' rights and labor issues. The thesis argues that Canada, through the
continuation of the Live-In Caregiver Program, provides Filipino domestic workers
inequitable working conditions. It is argued that since Canada is an international forerunner in
championing human rights, it becomes anachronistic that a cluster of the country's
immigration policies continue to advocate indentured form of labor. Canada is in a unique
position, both as a traditional immigrants' country and as an international player, to blaze the
trail for international recognition of migrant workers' rights. Canada must eliminate the
double standards in the Live-In Caregiver Program vis-a-vis the general immigration policies.
Therefore, it is argued that in order to maintain the high marks it has been receiving at the
international level, Canada must eliminate two requirements of the Live-In Caregiver
Program: First, the two-year live-in requirement and second, the temporary migrant status of
live-in caregivers upon initial entry to Canada. Live-in work must be optional and not subject
to the granting of permanent residence status. To preserve it international reputation, Canada
must also make reforms on the international level by ratifying and implementing international
conventions.
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"Contested terrain?: an exploratory study of employment relations between foreign domestic workers and middle-class Chinese employers in Hong Kong." 2005. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5892689.
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Lee Tsz Lok.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-123).
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
ABSTRACT --- p.i
ACKNOWLEDGMENT --- p.iii
CONTENTS --- p.v
Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- Introduction: Domestic Work from Premodern to Modern --- p.1
Chapter 1.1 --- Research Objective
Chapter 1.2 --- Research B ackground
Chapter 1.2.1 --- History of Chinese Domestic Servants
Chapter 1.2.2 --- Demand for Foreign Domestic Workers
Chapter 1.2.3 --- Legislation Governing Employment of Foreign Domestic Workers
Chapter 1.2 --- Research Questions
Chapter 1.3 --- Research Significances
Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- Literature Review: Private-Public Interpenetration， Power Relations and Social Negotiations in Domestic Employment --- p.13
Chapter 2.1 --- Hegemonies and Homes
Chapter 2.2 --- Private-Public Distinction
Chapter 2.3 --- Power Dynamics
Chapter 2.4 --- Between the Personalized and the Bureaucratized
Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- Conceptual Framework: The Personalized/ Bureaucratized Typology and Interactive Dynamics in Domestic Employment --- p.25
Chapter 3.1 --- Assumptions of the Present Study
Chapter 3.2 --- Typology of Worker-Employer Relations
Chapter 3.3 --- The Personalized Type of Relations
Chapter 3.4 --- The Bureaucratized Type of Relations
Chapter 3.5 --- Micropolitics in Domestic Work
Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- Research Methods and Data --- p.39
Chapter 4.1 --- Methods and Data Collection
Chapter 4.2 --- Characteristics of Informants
Chapter 4.2.1 --- Characteristics of Employers
Chapter 4.2.2 --- Characteristics of Workers
Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- The Personalized Type of Relations --- p.45
Chapter 5.1 --- Affective-Based Particularism
Chapter 5.1.1 --- Working Philosophy
Chapter 5.1.2 --- Workers' Presence in Public Spaces
Chapter 5.1.3 --- Confrontations
Chapter 5.2 --- Diffuse Work Obligations
Chapter 5.3 --- Personal Attachment
Chapter 5.3.1 --- Materialistic Relationship
Chapter 5.3.2 --- Strategic Personalism
Chapter 5.4 --- Concluding Remarks
Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- The Bureaucratized Type of Relations --- p.75
Chapter 6.1 --- Rule-Based Universalism
Chapter 6.1.1 --- Working Philosophy
Chapter 6.1.2 --- Workers' Presence in Public Spaces
Chapter 6.1.3 --- Confrontations
Chapter 6.2 --- Standardized Work Obligations
Chapter 6.3 --- Impersonal Relations
Chapter 6.4 --- Concluding Remarks
Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- "Discussion and Conclusion: Global-Local, Private-Public Matrix of Employment Relations" --- p.97
Chapter 7.1 --- Discussion
Chapter 7.2 --- Areas for Further Inquiry
Chapter 7.3 --- Conclusion
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A Case Descriptions --- p.106
Profiles of Employers
Profiles of Workers
APPENDIX B Consent Form --- p.110
Consent Form (English Version)
Consent Form (Chinese Version)
APPENDIX C Interview Schedule --- p.112
Interview Schedule for Employers
(Translated Version)
Interview Schedule for Employers
(Original Chinese Version)
Interview Schedule for Workers
REFERENCES --- p.120
Books on the topic "Filipinos – employment"
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Fung, Jone B. Handbook on overseas employment and pleadings: Annotated. Manila, Philippines: Rex Book Store, 2010.
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Asis, Maruja Milagros B. Transnational bridges: Migration, development, and solidarity in the Philippines. Manila, Philippines: Scalabrini Migration Center, Commission on Filipinos Overseas, 2010.
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Ramirez, Veronica Esposo. Working overseas: Diaspora that sustains the nation. Edited by University of Asia and the Pacific. Center for Research and Communication. Pasig City, Philippines: Center for Research and Communication, University of Asia and the Pacific, 2013.
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Tigno, Jorge V. Interrogating migration: New questions and emerging trends in the Philippines. Diliman, Quezon City: Philippine Migration Research Network (PMRN) and Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC), 2013.
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Overseas, Philippines Commission on Filipinos. Handbook for Filipinos overseas. 5th ed. Manila: Commission on Filipinos Overseas, 2000.
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AIDE International Marketing and Management Sytems., ed. Philippine overseas employment guidebook. Quezon City, Philippines: AIDEC International Marketing and Management Systems, 1989.
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Center for Migrant Advocacy Philippines., ed. Promoting and fulfilling the human rights of migrants: Revisiting R.A. 8042 and beyond. Quezon City, Philippines: Center for Migrant Advocacy, 2007.
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Garming, Maximo B. Protection of Overseas Pilipino Workers legislative agenda. [Manila]: Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung, Manila Office, 1989.
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Philippines. Commission on Human Rights. Preparing for the treaty reporting process of the convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families. Diliman, Quezon City: Commission on Human Rights Philippines, 2008.
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Villanueva, Elvin B. Gabay sa mga karapatan ng Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW). Quezon City, Philippines: Central Book Supply, 2010.
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Turgo, Nelson. "A Taste of the Sea: Artisanal Fishing Communities in the Philippines." In The World of the Seafarer, 9–22. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49825-2_2.
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AbstractThe Philippines remains one of the top suppliers of seafarers to the global merchant fleet. In the 2015 BIMCO Manpower Report on seafarer supply countries, the Philippines ranked first for ratings and second for officers with 363,832 Filipino seafarers deployed to ocean-going merchant vessels in 2014 and accounting for 28% of the global supply of seafarers (MARINA 2015). Seafarers are crucial in keeping the Philippine economy afloat and in 2018, Filipino seafarers sent home USD 6.14 billion (Hellenic Shipping News 2019), accounting for about a fifth of the USD 32.2 billion overseas workers sent home that year (Inquirer 2019). The Philippines has developed as a major player in the crewing sector of the global maritime industry primarily because of its maritime history (Giraldez 2015; Mercene 2007; Schurz 1939), its maritime geography and the continued centrality of the sea to many people’s lives (as attested to by the presence of the myriad fishing communities dotted around the many islands of the country) (Warren 2003, 2007), the economic liberalisation of the 1970s and the concomitant institutionalisation of the labour export policies as enacted by Philippine governments since the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos whose latter policy saw many Filipinos seeking employment overseas (Asis 2017; Kaur 2016; Wozniak 2015).
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Caripo, Marife, and Alison Stewart. "Being a Filipino English Teacher in Japan: A Study of Identity and Agency." In Multiculturalism, Language, and Race in English Education in Japan: Agency, Pedagogy, and Reckoning, 133–55. Candlin & Mynard ePublishing Limited, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.47908/26/5.
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With the expansion of English teaching in compulsory education in Japan, as well as changes to the labour law and shifts in public opinion on who should teach English, there has been a sharp increase over the past decade in the number of Filipinos working as English teachers and Assistant English Teachers (ALTs). There has been little research on this group of teachers, but the studies that have been conducted raise questions about the continued prevalence of racialized native-speakerism affecting Filipinos who teach English in Japan. This chapter addresses this issue by shedding light on the salience of Filipino identity and the constraints it may or may not place on these teachers’ agency. The authors conducted a diary study with eight (8) Filipino teachers at the start of the school year and follow-up interviews with four of these participants. Findings suggest that although there were no instances of outright racism in the classroom, the participants all felt under pressure to outperform ‘native speakers’ and “prove” their worth as English teachers in a competitive and precarious employment market.
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Kelly, Philip. "Immigration, employment precarity and masculinity in Filipino-Canadian families." In Growing Up and Getting By, 211–30. Policy Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447352891.003.0011.
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In this chapter, Philip Kelly explores how Filipino-Canadian families’ experiences of precarity intersect with gendered, and particularly masculinist, norms and inequalities. Reporting new findings from a major study of Filipino youth transitions in Canada, the chapter explores how Filipino-Canadian young people’s lives are framed by gendered disparities in intergenerational social (im)mobility. The chapter notes that normative trends in social reproduction (whereby university-educated parents typically support degree-gaining children) do not seem to apply for many Filipino-Canadian families. Instead, the chapter shows how Filipino-Canadian families are distinctively shaped by gendered impacts of foreign worker programmes in Canada. Through this analysis, the chapter draws attention to the often-overlooked intersectional impacts of masculinities for migrant families’ lives and experiences.
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Roces, Mina. "Conclusion." In The Filipino Migration Experience, 173–82. Cornell University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501760402.003.0009.
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This chapter explicates the perspective of migrant influences by highlighting the previous discussion of their roles as consumers, investors, historians, and philanthropists. In 1988, President Corazon Aquino referred to Filipino migrant workers as bagong bayani which elevated their status as noble citizens on par with national heroes. Additionally, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) honors outstanding overseas Filipino workers through the Bagong Bayani Awards. There were debates on how the Philippine government used the bagong bayani discourse to justify labor export and labor out-migration. However, Filipino migrants are not shy in using the label to empower or legitimize migrant activism.
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Flores, Alfred Peredo. "The Civilian Military Workers of Guåhan." In Tip of the Spear, 61–86. Cornell University Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501771347.003.0004.
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This chapter begins by focusing on the racialization of military labor and exposing the connections that linked Guåhan, the Philippines, and the United States. It then examines the immigration, work, and social experiences of Filipino and white American laborers. The chapter also investigates CHamoru and Filipino labor discontent as it relates to the proposed Guam Wage Bill of 1956. This bill sought to make the island exempt from the US federal minimum wage and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. As the chapter demonstrates, the creation of Guåhan's military labor system was predicated on hierarchies of race, indigeneity, and nationality that produced issues such as access to employment, the creation of a stratified wage scale, an unequal immigration policy, and the formation of company camps that were reflective of Jim Crow practices from the US South. Ultimately, military base employment led to the largest influx of settlers into Guåhan, which shifted the island's demographics in a way that remains today.
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Moore, Adam. "Colonial Legacies and Labor Export." In Empire's Labor, 35–48. Cornell University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501742170.003.0003.
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This chapter describes the emergence of labor export as a development strategy by the Philippines starting in the 1970s and the concurrent development of labor flows between Gulf states and South and Southeast Asian countries. It analyzes the links between recruiting pathways, logistics subcontractors, and Filipino employment on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. The chapter also discusses the United States' annexation of the Philippines following the Spanish–American War of 1898. During the subsequent colonial period, and in the decades following independence when the Philippines operated as a U.S. client state, Filipino labor was enrolled to facilitate a number of military and civilian projects. It concludes by explaining how the prevalence of Filipino labor in the Middle East, and the Philippines' unique historical relationship with the United States, shaped President Arroyo's decision to support the invasion in Iraq, with an eye to the economic and political benefits she anticipated would accrue.
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Kelly, Philip. "Immigration, employment precarity and masculinity in Filipino-Canadian families." In Growing Up and Getting By, 211–30. Policy Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1mcpmhc.15.
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"Immigration, employment precarity and masculinity in Filipino-Canadian families." In Growing Up and Getting By, 211–30. Policy Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.51952/9781447352921.ch011.
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Kelly, Philip. "Immigration, employment precarity and masculinity in Filipino-Canadian families." In Growing Up and Getting By, 211–30. Policy Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.56687/9781447352921-013.
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Fitzpatrick, D., and M. Anderson. "Philippines." In Seafarers’ Rights, 407–32. Oxford University PressOxford, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199277520.003.0014.
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Abstract As an archipelago consisting of approximately 7,107 islands, the Philippines considers the maritime industry a vital component of economic progress, and views shipping as a means of achieving national unity by bridging the cultures of the various islands. Shipping remains the major means by which islands are connected and by which transportation of cargo and people is achieved. The Philippines is a major contributor to international shipping primarily in its capacity as a crewing State, providing over 20 per cent of the world’s supply of seafarers on foreign flag vessels. There are over 500,000 registered Filipino seafarers, and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), an office under the Department of Labour and Employment (DOLE),1 reported that 209,593 seafarers and other seabased workers were deployed overseas in 2001.2