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

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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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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