Factors Affecting Indonesian Internship Students’ Cross-Cultural Adaptation In Japan
- DOI
- 10.2991/978-2-38476-269-9_10How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Internship Program; Cross-cultural Adaptation; Anticipatory Adjustment; In Country Adjustment
- Abstract
This study is to identify factors affecting Indonesian internship students in the process of cross-cultural adaptation during the programs in Japan. A qualitative method with case studies was used in order to further explore data related to factors influencing student adaptation. Data were collected through an open ended questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. A hundred intern students participated. The study analyzed students’ anticipatory and in country adjustment from individual, job, organizational, and non-job factors and found that students had difficulties adapting to a new environment due to their low self-efficacy and perception skills, high role novelty, low role clarity, low role discretion, cultural differences, and a lack of social support from natives. Additionally, this study discovered five variables that affect students’ cross-cultural adaptation in Japan: language proficiency, prior international experience, job training (either in-country or prior to departure), cultural differences, and social support.
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TY - CONF AU - Pitri Haryanti PY - 2024 DA - 2024/08/05 TI - Factors Affecting Indonesian Internship Students’ Cross-Cultural Adaptation In Japan BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Business, Economics, Social Sciences, and Humanities - Humanities and Social Sciences Track (ICOBEST-HSS 2024) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 98 EP - 112 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-269-9_10 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-269-9_10 ID - Haryanti2024 ER -