期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2020
卷号：10
期号：16
页码：73-95
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v10-i16/8293
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：As an indigenous people of Malaysia, the Orang Asli consists of eighteen (18) different ethnicities throughout the Malaysia peninsular. Ironically, the Orang Asli is still commonly associated with the poor condition of social and economic status, although this diversity reflects the variety and richness of Malaysia’s culture and heritage. For years, the government and many other benefactors have done development initiatives to improve the community, yet the results were not successful. Despite countless and various efforts taken for this, the Orang Asli is still considered as the least-developed ethnic compared to the other mainstream people. This paper attempts to give an outlook of the Mah Meri people, which is one of the eighteen (18) Orang Asli ethnics in Malaysia. What is the current trend of the discussion about the Mah Meri people discussed in the publications from 1973-2019 in articles, thesis, journals and proceedings using ERIC, Google Scholar, Scopus, Science Direct and SAGE? Using literature and systematic review, analysis is taken from across various disciplines and fields to provide a critical background and viewpoint on the Mah Meri people, as an indicator for the Orang Asli development. The findings show that there are eight (8) significant themes in the literature review of the Mah Meri people which are belief system, culture and tradition, arts and language, environment, economics and social, tourism and health. From the accumulated and discussed analysis, it is also found that other important aspects of the people like environment, health, and belief system are underrated and least been focused. The findings also show that there are still insufficient details and scholarly reviews, development, and prominent initiatives taken and done on the Mah Meri people. Having said that, more efforts in terms of development initiatives and scholarly reviews have to be done on the Mah Meri people, as well as on the other Orang Asli ethnics respectively, across broader focus and spectrum equally, to ensure the balance community development growth for Orang Asli in Malaysia.
