Abstract
<p><em>The purpose of this paper is to investigate how South Korean expatriate manager interact with Indonesian subordinates and what the difference about their culture perspective in Semarang garment enterprises and identify how the difference of culture could affect their ability to manage staff and doing their job normally. A qualitative study was conducted. Triangulation methods are used to examine the validity of research data. The result indicated South Korean manager characteristics with Kluckhohn-Strodtbeck’s dimension. There are contrast differences between South Korean manager with Indonesia employee in perception of time and space, which required adjustments in management practice for better performance results.</em><em> </em></p><p><strong><em>K</em></strong><strong><em>eywords: </em></strong><em>E</em><em>xpatriate </em><em>M</em><em>anager</em><em>, L</em><em>eadership, </em><em>N</em><em>ational </em><em>C</em><em>ulture, </em><em>O</em><em>rganizational </em><em>C</em><em>ulture</em><em></em></p>
Highlights
From the very beginning there are three types of variable which commonly used to explain differences and similarities among management, are: economic, cultural, and psychological (Ajiferuke, 1970)
The results showed the character of the South Korean style of leadership in Indonesia, especially at PT
Indonesian culture have many similarities with South Korean culture, based on that the South Korean manager in Semarang Garment can adapted with the culture of local subordinates, seen from the satisfaction of the manager, who did not experience any difficulties, except in the early days of their arrival only
Summary
From the very beginning there are three types of variable which commonly used to explain differences and similarities among management, are: economic, cultural, and psychological (Ajiferuke, 1970). It is a three variable which is connected and will be focus of most research done, in the era of rapid industry and followed with massive globalization, which make the world become borderless. There are many Multi National Company (MNC), includes that came from South Korea, notice Indonesia as a potential country because of abundant natural resources and a huge market share, which quite interesting and profitable to make branch company in Indonesia
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