Mobility and Social Change of the Economy of Indonesian Migrant Workers in Indonesia

Authors

  • Sitti Asnaeni. AM, Andi Agustang, Musdalia Mustadjar, Suradi Tahmir

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that cause mobility and socio-economic
changes in the Indonesian Migrant Workers of South Sulawesi. Interest in becoming Indonesian Migrant
Workers is increasing from year to year; this makes researchers look for the meaning behind the fact why
the population of South Sulawesi grew migrant workers abroad.
This type of descriptive qualitative research, post-positivism paradigm with a phenomenological
perspective, the data collection technique is participatory observation and in-depth interviews. The analysis
technique is carried out by inductive means, namely analyzing the factors that cause the mobility of
Indonesian migrant workers. The results of the study show that several factors cause the people of South
Sulawesi to mobilize as migrant workers abroad.
Various factors that encourage people to do social mobility to become migrant workers. These factors are
not always closely related to economic motives only to improve the standard of living and their families, but
can also be driven by the culture of a society's culture. In the case of this study, several motivating factors
for the scope of South Sulawesi, in particular, Makassar and surrounding areas were found based on three
main factors, namely: (a) economic factors; (b) social factors; (c) cultural factors

Published

2020-04-30

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