A Study of Cultural Adaptation Process in Indonesia by PERSIB Football Club Foreign Players

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10.2991/assehr.k.200818.060How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Cultural adaptation, foreign football players, Indonesia, Persib FC

Abstract

Basically, the adaptation that every individual goes through is not easy. The same is the case with foreign football players who play football far from their country who need adjustment in their new environment. This case is related to the three Persib Bandung foreign players namely Fabiano Beltrame from Brazil, Esteban Vizcarra from Argentina and Omid Nazari from the Philippines who play football in Indonesia. This study intends to find out the cultural adaptation process of foreign football players in Indonesia. The purpose of this research is to find out the process to adapt the culture of foreign football players in Indonesia and the process Indonesia in adopting the planning, honeymoon, frustration, readjustment and resolution phases. The foreign football players in Persib FC become these research instruments. The concepts used in this study are intercultural communication, culture shock, and cultural adaptation. However, this study uses a qualitative descriptive approach and depth interviews as the data collection techniques through with three informants namely Fabiano Beltrame, Esteban Vizcarra, and Omid Nazari as the foreign football players. Persib FC has the most foreign players’ as many as six people than other clubs, so this research choose three players as the sources. The results of this research is there some process from the adaptations that have been carried out by the three informants in adopting the five phases, resulting in process made by the informants, including: learn the Indonesian language, studying Indonesian culture, interact with Indonesian people, try to marrying Indonesian, and last but not least is propose yourself as an Indonesian citizen.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Reyna Arta Novia
AU  - Faridhian Anshari
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/19
TI  - A Study of Cultural Adaptation Process in Indonesia by PERSIB Football Club Foreign Players
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Jogjakarta Communication Conference (JCC 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 258
EP  - 262
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200818.060
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200818.060
ID  - Novia2020
ER  -