MEMPERKUKUH KESEPADUAN SOSIAL: KAJIAN KE ATAS KOMUNITI PENDUDUK TEMPATAN DAN ORANG LUAR (WARGANEGARA) DI PULAU LABUAN, MALAYSIA.

Nowadays it is not an easy task to strengthen social cohesion in a community of people who are living interchangeably in harmonies and tense situations. Living in such situations means numerous challenges still exist testing the social cohesion that people had built. Everything is influenced by social interaction among groups in the community. Thus, the main objective of this study is to examines the effect of social interaction on social cohesion among groups in a community. The study adopted a case study approach that focuses on the experience of social interactions among informants with members of different groups. For this purpose, a total of 12 local informants and six outgroup (citizens) informants were selected for this study. The study sample was selected using purposive sampling. The study found that the frequency of social contact and communication between groups help to strengthen cohesion in the community. In conclusion, positive, frequent, and friendly social interactions between groups is a prerequisite to strengthen social cohesiveness in a community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]