Towards the best method of cross cultural training for IT engineering graduates from eastern Indonesia region: Ready to be global engineers

• Published in: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM) pp. 115 - 119
• Main Authors: Prabowo, A., Sulistyowati, Windiarti, I. S.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.12.2017
• Subjects: cross-cultural training methods; Cultural differences; Eastern Indonesia; Employment; expatriate job; Global communication; Industries; IT engineering graduates; Knowledge engineering; Problem-solving; Training
• ISSN: 2157-362X
• DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2017.8289862

Indonesian IT engineering graduates are nowadays expected to work in multicultural work team. Generally, Indonesian IT engineering students are only focused on their technical skill. In fact, they need a balance of technical and non-technical cross cultural skill. To conduct cross cultural training in order to prepare them to be ready on international assignments, the best methods need to be selected concerned to some factors. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the best and applicable cross cultural training methods to be given for Eastern Indonesian IT engineering graduates. This study reports part of the results of a web-based survey of Indonesian expatriate engineers addressing their knowledge, experience and perceptions of working in multicultural working team. The output of this paper is a recommendation of the best cross cultural training methods for Eastern Indonesian IT engineering graduates as their additional valuable skill to be ready in international employment.