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The purpose of this paper is to show that Chinese (mainland) culture standards within indonesian-Chinese intercultural work team relationship need to be understood by Indonesian workers as diverse cultural similarities, differences, and overlapping often become the conflict foundations. Anticipation and solution are required since the issues frequently lead the intercultural work group into culture shock, target failures, psychological stress. As a result, the individual, group and/or organization productivity declines. By qualitative approach, using culture standards method from Prof.Dr. Alexander Thomas, five Indonesian workers from Indonesian-Chinese work group are selected through criterion sampling. From 39 critical incidents produced, ten Chinese cultural standards from Indonesian perspective are built as follows: 1. National pride or patriotism,2. mianzi or face, 3.customs, 4. quanxi or importance of social network, 5.duty, 6.hierarchical order, 7. cost-effectiveness,8.collectivism, 9.conflict avoidance, and 10.mistrust. This finding has to be identified as integrated values, and is not to be generalized far and wide in the consideration of Chinese multiculturalism. Three coping strategies-planning, empathy, and assertiveness are generated from this research and coul be applied in the efforts of achieving intercultural work group success and synergy. |
