National Competition of Human Resources in Ten Southeast Asia Nations

Abstract

The research will investigate the national competition for human resources in the ten Southeast Asia states (Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Loas, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam). The main purpose of this paper is to establish a general manpower index for Southeast Asia nations. The index consists of four major categories, namely, manpower utilization, cost of wages and employee benefit, turnover, and labor or industrial disputes and union power. In compiling the index, we have collected scholars in most famous university in those countries. The index is then established by the following five major steps: (1) selection of the appropriate relevant statistics for each category (2) data collection, (3) conversion of all the relevant statistics into index, (4) determination of appropriate weight for each category and (5) calculate the weight sum to obtain the aggregated human resources index. Under the method of indexation, we measure the competition for human resources. We try to find the rank for national competition in these ten states, providing the information of business investment.