The growing presence of foreign workers in Malaysia can be explained
by excess demand for labour combine with rapid economic growth, as
well as the cheaper cost of foreign workers. Besides, industrialization
also brought the foreign workers into Malaysia. Thus, when the foreign
workers enter the labour force, they have many possible outcomes on
labour market issues and productivity. This study determines the impact
of foreign workers on labour productivity. Besides, the relationship
between domestic and foreign workers as well as their contribution on
Malaysian Manufacturing sector growth also investigated. The Cobb-
Douglas production function is used to derive the model specification
in this study. The results in this study show that foreign labours have
positive and significant impact on labour productivity. Further, the
study also reveals that foreign labours are neither substitutes nor
complements for domestic labours.