Pengalaman Adaptasi Budaya Pekerja Perempuan Indonesia di Australia dalam Lingkungan Kerja Multikultural
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.62383/wissen.v4i2.1725Keywords:
Australia, cultural adaptation, female workers, migrant workers, U-curveAbstract
Globalization has increased cross-border labor mobility, including Indonesian female workers working in Australia. Differences in work culture and social environment become major challenges in the adaptation process. This study aims to analyze the cultural adaptation experiences of Indonesian female workers in Australia within a multicultural work environment using the U-Curve theory approach. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method through semi-structured interviews with one informant who has worked in Australia for 1.4 years in a meat packing factory. The data were analyzed using a thematic descriptive approach based on the U-Curve stages. The results show that the informant experienced stages of cultural adaptation including honeymoon, culture shock, adjustment, and mastery. The main challenges include differences in communication style, individualistic attitudes, and work pressure. However, through openness and mental resilience, the informant was able to adapt successfully.
Downloads
References
Adler, N. J. (2002). International dimensions of organizational behavior (4th ed.).
Cincinnati, OH: South-Western.
Berry, J. W. (2005). Acculturation: Living successfully in two cultures. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 29(6), 697–712.
Black, J. S., & Mendenhall, M. (1991). The U-curve adjustment hypothesis revisited: A review and theoretical framework. Journal of International Business Studies, 22(2), 225–247.
Chen, G. M. (2014). Intercultural communication competence: Summary of 30 years of research. Review of Communication, 14(3), 215–235.
Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Deardorff, D. K. (2006). Identification and assessment of intercultural competence.
Journal of Studies in International Education, 10(3), 241–266.
Furnham, A. (2019). Culture shock: A review of the literature for practitioners.
Psychology, 10(13), 1832–1855.
Gudykunst, W. B. (2003). Cross-cultural and intercultural communication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Hall, E. T. (1976). Beyond culture. New York, NY: Anchor Books.
Hofstede, G. (2011). Dimensionalizing cultures: The Hofstede model in context. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 2(1), 1–26.
Kim, Y. Y. (2001). Becoming intercultural: An integrative theory of communication and cross-cultural adaptation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Matsumoto, D. (2008). Culture and psychology (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Miles, M. B., & Huberman, A. M. (2014). Qualitative data analysis: An expanded sourcebook (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Oberg, K. (1960). Culture shock: Adjustment to new cultural environments. Practical Anthropology, 7(4), 177–182.
Parreñas, R. S. (2015). Servants of globalization: Migration and domestic work (2nd ed.).
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Piper, N. (2008). Feminisation of migration and the social dimensions of development.
Third World Quarterly, 29(7), 1287–1303.
Samovar, L. A., Porter, R. E., & McDaniel, E. R. (2010). Intercultural communication: A reader (13th ed.). Boston, MA: Wadsworth.
Ting-Toomey, S. (1999). Communicating across cultures. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Ward, C., Bochner, S., & Furnham, A. (2001). The psychology of culture shock (2nd ed.).
London: Routledge.
Wardani, S., & Nugraha, A. (2019). Adaptasi budaya pekerja migran Indonesia. Jurnal Sosial Humaniora, 10(2), 123–135.
Zhang, J. (2013). Intercultural adaptation and communication competence. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 42(3), 215–230.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2026 WISSEN : Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Humaniora
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
