Abstract:

Many types of research were conducted in many parts of the world to help the indigenous community, either to increase their well-being, to maintain their cultural richness, to introduce entrepreneurial minds to the community, etc. Different approaches were used to understand the community. In some cases, the indigenous community received a continuous influx from groups of researchers into their community, with the aim to further upgrade their well-being, but the outcome of the research are minimal. The question that arises is what causes the inconsistencies between the efforts and the result; is there an unexplored and unearthed fissure that could be suggested and implemented? Should there be a more comprehensive sequential studies that could enlighten researchers about the community? A comprehensive and inclusive studies need to be carried out to scrutinize every possible angle to identify the underpinning reasons. This paper aims to provide a future research agenda to understand the indigenous in Malaysia further and to uphold their welfare through a 3-phase study: Phase 1- either a phenomenology or ethnography studies on the indigenous communities to understand the fundamental mindsets and what welfare means to them. Phase 2- to explore the reinforcements of the indigenous towards changes and Phase 3- to explore the underpinning mindsets of indigenous who has successfully adopted a new mindset to change.