Influence of ICT on Malaysian SME Workers' Internal Migration Decision

In recent years, information and communication technology, or the acronym ICT has become a 'buzz' word among academic research community, the government and international/ non-governmental development partners in developing countries. This is often linked to the many positive stories and empirical evidences suggesting that ICT can be used as a tool to spur socio-economic development. In recent years, migration trends in Malaysia have taken a dramatic turn, with urban-urban trend becoming dominant unlike rural-urban trend in the 1970s and 1980s. This has been linked to many factors one of which is ICT development in the country, which has brought about enhanced and affordable connectivity. Hence, it is argued that advancement in ICT can influence migration decisions among people. This book reviews extant literature and proposes a conceptual framework for future research with Malaysian small and medium-scale enterprises' (SMEs) workers as respondents. Meanwhile, this book hypothetically concludes that ICT developments in Malaysia can influence migration decisions among SME workers and recommends that a full-scale research should be conducted using the proposed model.

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Adamkolo Mohammed Ibrahim (Mestrado em Comunicação para o Desenvolvimento, Licenciatura em Comunicação de Massa) é professor no Departamento de Comunicação de Massa da Universidade de Maiduguri, Nigéria, e revisor de artigos de investigação na revista Computers in Human Behaviour (CHB) da Elsevier. As suas áreas de especialização incluem a adoção das TIC, os meios de comunicação social e os estudos de comunicação de massas.