Proceedings of the 2nd Jogjakarta Communication Conference (JCC 2020)

Cross-Cultural Conflict in A Multinational Company (Case of Japanese Company in Indonesia)

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Devita Eka Santi
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Devita Eka Santi
Available Online 19 August 2020.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.200818.017How to use a DOI?
Keywords
culture, multinational company, Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, intercultural
Abstract

In the growth of global business, there are many multinational companies developing their business in Jakarta, one of them are Japanese companies. Multinational companies is an increasingly widespread phenomenom. Companies now more exposed to different cultures between workers. In this paper, the case of PT Hanwa Indonesia, a Japanese multinational company with operations in Indonesia. Based on qualitative interviews with Japanese and Indonesian workers, the study demonstrates the differences of two cultures within one company from Geert Hofstede’s cultural dimensions: power distance, individualism/collectivism, masculinity/femininity, uncertainty avoidance, long and short term orientation.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd Jogjakarta Communication Conference (JCC 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
19 August 2020
ISBN
978-94-6239-044-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.200818.017How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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