A sociological study on the influence of foreign employment on family

Abstract

The Research Problem of this study was the effects, changes and influences caused in the family due to foreign employment of parents. Since the introduction of the open economy, international labor migration has widely expanded. Employment of the father, or the mother, and sometimes both of them in foreign countries, has caused deterioration and conflicts in the family as never experienced before. Therefore, it has become necessary to study and research the resultant changed caused by foreign employment of parents. Wennappuwa in Puttlam district was selected as the research area. High level of migration from this area to Italy has earned the title ?little Italy? to Wennappuwa. In this study, the methods used for collection and assimilation of data were, observation, questionnaire, interviews and case studies. On analyzing data, it became clear that foreign employment of parents has directly and decisively results in negation and deterioration of the very foundation of the family. These negative effects brake down the bindings trust and faith that makes the foundation of the traditional family. Each individual feels and suffers these negative effects. The inference is that the emigration of parents for foreign employment is definitely destructive more than productive to the family as an institution, and also to its members.