IDENTIFYING MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AND IMPLEMENTING A NEW SCREENING SYSTEM FOR HIGHLY SKILLED INDONESIAN
PROFESSIONALS WHO WANT TO WORK IN GERMANY
By Tobias Weckerle
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND HUMANITIES
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
BACHELOR’S DEGREE in
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SWISS GERMAN UNIVERSITY EduTown BSD City
Tangerang 15339 Indonesia January 2015
STATEMENT BY THE AUTHOR
I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and to the best of my knowledge, it contains no material previously published or written by another person, nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma at any educational institution, except where due acknowledgement is made in the thesis.
Tobias Weckerle
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Dr. Dipl.-Ing. H. Rachman Sjarief, M.M, M.H
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Parhimpunan Simatupang, S.E., MBA
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ABSTRACT
IDENTIFYING MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AND IMPLEMENTING A NEW
SCREENING SYSTEM FOR HIGHLY SKILLED INDONESIAN
PROFESSIONALS WHO WANT TO WORK IN GERMANY By
Tobias Weckerle
Dr. Dipl.-Ing. H. Rachman Sjarief, M.M, M.H SWISS GERMAN UNIVERISTY
The purpose of this research is to analyze the motivational factors of highly skilled Indonesian professionals who want to work in Germany and to implement a new screening system in order to speed up the selection process of the Make it in Germany program. Qualitative data in form of Interview of interested individuals has been conducted to identify the motivational factors why highly skilled Indonesian professionals want to work in Germany. This research analyzes factors of migration as well as the history of immigration in Germany. Furthermore, the shortage in the labor market and future predictions of the German labor market.
© Copyright 2015 by Tobias Weckerle
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DEDICATION
I dedicate this thesis to my deceased mother, Renate Weckerle
In order to keep my promise to her.
I love and miss you so much
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I wish show my graduate and appreciation to the following people without whom this thesis would be impossible to complete:
1. My thesis advisor Dr. Dipl.-Ing. H. Rachman Sjarief, MM.MH. I would like to thank you for your dedication and hard work guiding and mentoring me through this thesis. Without your patience and advice I could not have completed this thesis.
2. All teachers in Swiss German University, who offered their help to support me in the process of completing my thesis.
3. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) where I was fortunate to write my thesis and had the opportunity to experience a tremendous working culture.
4. My supervisor at GIZ, Pak Donal, the advisors, Pak Ridha, Pak Andri and Ibu Santi and everyone else at GIZ for their support.
5. My girlfriend Claura who has supported me throughout my thesis. Thank you for the support and your patience. I love you.
6. My family an friends who supported me throughout all these years I have been living abroad.
7. My best friend Mathhias, who is like a brother to me and without him I would not be here and can complete my thesis. Thank you and I hope that we will always be there for each other.
8. My sister Ramona for her tremendous support and encouragements. I can not ask for a better sister and I am really glad to call her my sister. Thank you for everything.
9. Last but not least the most important person. My father Harald who never gave up on me and encouraged me throughout my life. I want to thank you for a wonderful life, experience and love you gave me.
Table of Contents
STATEMENT BY THE AUTHOR ... 2
ABSTRACT ... 3
DEDICATION ... 5
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... 6
LIST OF FIGURES ... 11
LIST OF TABLES ... 12
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION ... 13
1.1. Background ... 13
1.2. Problem Identification ... 18
1.3. Research Problems ... 18
1.4. Research Questions ... 19
1.5. Research Objectives ... 19
1.6. Significance and Limitation of Study ... 19
CHAPTER 2 – LITERATURE REVIEW ... 21
2.1. Motivation... 21
2.1.1. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory ... 21
2.1.2. Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory ... 22
2.1.3. Douglas McGregor Theory X and Theory Y ... 24
2.1.4. Equity Theory ... 24
2.2. Migration ... 25
2.2.1 Ravenstein “laws of migration” ... 25
2.2.2 Lee’s Push-Pull Theory ... 26
2.3.3. Harris-Todaro Model ... 28
2.2.4. Micro and Macro Level Theories... 28
2.2.5. Economic Factors of migration ... 30
2.2.6. Demographic Factors of migration ... 31
2.2.7. Political factors of migration ... 34
2.2.8. The EU Blue Card compared to the Green Card USA ... 35
2.2.9. Germany companies reasons for not hiring abroad ... 37
2.3. Selection Process ... 40
2.3.1. Human Resource Management ... 40
2.3.2. International Human Resource Management ... 40
2.3.3. Selection and Recruitment methods ... 41
2.4. Selection Methods ... 43
2.4.1. Selection based on C.V. ... 43
2.4.2. Selection based on Interviewing ... 43
2.5. Previous Studies ... 44
2.6. Differences in studies ... 52
CHAPTER 3-METHODOLOGY ... 54
3.1. Research Method ... 54
3.2. Research Questions ... 55
3.3. Data Collection Method ... 56
3.3.1. Primary Data ... 57
3.3.2. Secondary Data ... 57
3.4. Research Process ... 57
3.5. Time and Place of Research ... 58
CHAPTER 4 - RESULT AND DECISION ... 59 4.1. Company background Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
4.1.1 Vision and Mission ... 61
4.1.2. Corporate Values ... 62
4.2. “Make it in Germany” program ... 63
4.2.1. “Make it in Germany” process ... 65
4.3. Result ... 66
4.3.1 Evaluation of the interview summary ... 82
CHAPTER 5 – CONCLUSION AND RECOMMANDATION ... 84
5.1. Conclusion ... 84
5.1.1. Migration ... 84
5.1.2. Motivation ... 84
5.1.3. Screening Process ... 85
5.2. Recommendation ... 85
5.2.1 Migration ... 85
5.2.2. Motivation ... 86
5.2.3. Screening process ... 86
References ... 90
GLOSSARY ... 93
ABBREVILATIONS ... 94
APENDIX ... 95
APENDIX 1 INTERVIEW QUESTIONS SAMPLE ... 96
CURRICULUM VITAE ... 98
