Introduction: A Charity Organization for Migrant Workers
When it comes to analyzing the means to boost migrants’ confidence and provide them with moral and spiritual support required for their successful professional performance, the significance of religious organizations is often overlooked (Kalir, 2009). Indeed, in an attempt to explore the economic and financial aspects of the environment, in which migrant workers are supposed to live, researchers often forget that these are not only the business-related aspects (Mofokeng & Thwala, 2012) but also cultural and spiritual ones that matter in succeeding abroad as a migrant worker (Naidu, 2013). Apart from learning their value as foreign migrant labor, Malaysian workers must also create a strong and well-functioning community so that they could have decent support (Stark & Dorn, 2013).
Problem Statement: Lack of Good Leadership and Decent Working Conditions for Malaysian Workers
Over the past few years, the number of migrant workers offering their services in Malaysia has grown considerably. Unfortunately, together with the influx of cheap migrant labor, the wages for Malaysian migrant workers have dropped impressively (Mofokeng & Thwala, 2012). As a result, the living conditions provided for the workers, as well as the living standards (Klanarong, Singhanetra-Renard, & Tohmeena, 2011) in general have dropped greatly among the Malaysian migrants (Djafar & Hassan, 2013).
It can be assumed that with the help of a decent leader, such as the Hope for the New Life, which will provide both moral and spiritual guidance to the migrant workers in Malaysia, the quality of life among the latter will improve a few notches. The problem, therefore, concerns both searchings for the solution to the situation that the Malaysian workers have trapped themselves into and exploring the opportunities that a Christian organization, such as the hope for New Life, can possibly provide Malaysian migrant workers with.
Purpose statement: Looking for the Means to Improve Life Standards for Malaysian Migrant Workers
The purpose of the given paper is to prove that the support of churches for Malaysian migrant workers will contribute to improving the quality of life among the latter by introducing the concept of integrity to them and, therefore, creating a strong community. The paper will prove not only the fact that, when represented by a community, migrant workers are able to fight for their rights to be treated equally (Li, 2011) but also the fact that a Christian organization, such as Hope for New Life, will encourage migrant workers to create a community, whose members will cooperate, thus, contributing to each other’s and their own wellbeing.
Research Questions and Hypothesis: Providing Plausible Solutions
In the course of the given research, several questions will be answered in order to solve the problem concerning the current state of Malaysian migrant labor. Most of these questions will concern the efficacy of the Hope for New Life as the means to encourage Malaysian migrant workers to live in a community and, therefore, have constant support. However, some of the questions will address the political, economical and financial functioning of the organization, seeing how the well-being of the Malaysian migrant workers hinges on not only their ability to support each other but also on their awareness of their rights and freedoms, as well as their ability to use this important knowledge to their advantage.
Research questions: concerning the leadership model, approaches and possible obstacles
The given research aims at providing the answers to the following questions:
- Which leadership model of the ones that are commonly used is the most appropriate for addressing the issue concerning the Malaysian migrant workers’ motivation and integrity?
- Is spiritual growth an integral part of one’s personal and professional evolution?
- Can spirituality be used as the means to unite people and create a strong community, the members of which are closely related to each other?
- Can such an organization as the Hope for New Life help Malaysian migrant workers solve the issues related to the economy, politics and financial field, i.e., the issues concerning bureaucracy, low wages and even lower living standards?
Hypothesis: new leadership style for coordinating migrant workers’ actions and motivating them
The hypothesis that the given research is going to prove says that by introducing the principles of shared knowledge, social and professional responsibility and striving for delivering the best results, which, in its turn, will be achieved by reconsidering the leadership model and creating such a leadership style for the Hope for New Life Organization that will incorporate the elements of a transactional, charismatic and assumption-based leadership style, will help improve living standards for Malaysian migrant workers.
In addition, it is also suggested that the support of a community plays a role in the progress of a Malaysian migrant worker; as long as the latter has the required moral and economic support, which the Hope for New life is going to suggest, the living standards and equality principles can be sustained on the required level among Malaysian migrants (Urbano, 2012).
Research Significance: An Important Step in Improving Migrant Workers Living Standards
While the given paper cannot be considered the pivoting point in the lives of the Malaysian migrant workers and the research that is going to change their lives for the better straightaway, the given paper will admittedly make an attempt at improving the Malaysian migrant workers’ quality of life (Hill, 2012). Therefore, it can be assumed that this research is going to have some significance.
In addition, it is noteworthy that the given paper includes the development of an entirely new project which will hopefully reinvent the Malaysian workers’ perspective on what their rights are and how their goals can be achieved. True, this project will be quite hard to implement; that being said, the purpose of the paper defines its significance as above average, given the effect that it is bound to have on the lives of Malaysian migrant workers.
Conclusion: Hope for the New Life Emerges
The current state of affairs regarding Malaysian migrant workers is deplorable, and unless something is done in order to help them adjust to an entirely new economic and cultural environment, Malaysian workers will have to deal with major stress (Taylor & Finley, 2010). The latter may possibly lead to depression and a sharp increase in death rates among Malaysian migrant workers. For the community of the Malaysian migrant labor force to gain more strength, it needs to be better coordinated, which can be achieved by introducing a Christian organization like Hope for the New Life. With efficient spiritual leadership, Malaysian migrant workers will be motivated well enough to achieve success in their job and fight for their rights as employees.
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