Name : Nini Rukmini
Id Number : A 121 10 009
WORK VALUES
No matter how employees feel about work, their primary motivation to work is to earn a living. People’s attitudes toward their jobs are related to the nature of their work and the rewards they receive. In the western especially American, when they ask a child, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” really means, “What kind of work do you want to do?” But in Indonesia, it can be a relative thing. When Indonesian parents ask their children, the answer may be as their thinking in that time even though they will like or dislike that work when they growing up. But, one’s job is an important facet or personal identity both in western and in Indonesia.
The “Work Ethic”
Attitudes toward work in the United States have been greatly influenced by the “work ethic.” Also called the “Puritan Ethic” or the “Protestant Ethic,” it motivates people to work hard in order to become successful. Unlike in America, Indonesia has several work ethics that limited the worker’s attitudes in any jobs. For example, the work ethic for teacher is named “Teacher Ethic Code”. Several of them are:
· A teacher must dedicate to guide the students to makes the complete Indonesian human who have soul of “PANCASILA”.
· A teacher has professional honest and do it in their job.
· A teacher has to try to get information about students as the material to guidance and education.
· A teacher can create the good school atmosphere well to increase the success of teaching and studying process.
· A teacher has to keep the good relationship to student’s parents and society to makes feeling of responsibility to education.
· A teacher individually and together increase and develop their quantity and prestige of profession, etc.
For journalist it is named “Journalism Ethic Code”, and so on. But the most important from all of them is God’s rules. It has relation with our faith to God and Indonesian do believe that there is the best value in it.
The “American Dream”
Either American or Indonesian has a same believe that people are rewarded for working, producing, and achieving. Many people believe that there is equality of opportunity that allows anyone to become successful.For many immigrants, the Statue of Liberty was their first view of the United States, signifying new opportunities in life. The statue is an iconic symbol of the American Dream. The American dream is a national ethos of the United States in which freedom includes a promise of the possibility of prosperity and success. In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams in 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth. The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the United States Declaration of Independence which proclaims that "all men are created equal" and that they are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights" including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Unlike American, Indonesian does not have any special iconic symbol of their dream. They just have several statement or great words to make their dream becomes real. For example, the statement that mentioned with “The Truth of Dream”: Dream is not just there in our sleep. But that make us cannot sleep well to exist it.
Reward and Job Satisfaction
There are some people, however, who do succeed in raising their economic and social levels. “Upward (occupational) mobility” or “climbing the ladder” are terms that refer to one’s advancement in work. Many employees have a succession of jobs that constitute a career.
Americans spend a large portion of their lives working. But are they really happy with their current job situation? What are the reasons behind why people choose their jobs? Is it because of money, or they receive good benefits or could it be that they really do enjoy their job? This research paper explorers many issues of job satisfaction and if the average American worker is truly satisfied with their current career. It also touches on the topic of why people choose the jobs they take and if they regret their decision on taking the position. It also explorers the reasons why unsatisfied employees stay in current positions instead of making a complete career change? After surveying the average American worker, conclusions were made on what a person’s current employer could do to make their job more enjoyable. Actually, this thing is almost same with Indonesia. But, still there is a difference between American and Indonesian. According to me, Indonesian workers do not too care about time value. They usually do not on time for come to their office or the others job’s places. That is a weakness of them. It is very contrast with American workers who apply the word “on time” in their jobs.
As the result, we can see that America is more develop than the other country such as Indonesia. Maybe we can take some lessons from it in order to our country can increase like them.
Workaholics
Workaholics Anonymous is a fellowship of individuals who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problems and help others to recover from workaholism. There are people who are especially attracted to the notion of “climbing the ladder” so as to increase their status, financial position, and sense of self-worth. In part, as a result of the work ethic, these people are internally “driven” to work. Not in frequently, foreign visitors have observed that American spend an inordinate amount of time working and, as a consequence, Americans have the little time for leisure or personal relationships. In American English is a new word has been created describe people who work compulsively. The word “workaholic” describes an individual who is as an alcoholic is to liquor.
In Indonesia, that is not to be a serious thing because almost all of the people can balance their time between working and take a rest or do the other things. Average of Indonesian spend a long time to take a rest or maybe sleep, watching TV, and so on. It is like a culture of us.
Leisure and Socializing
On an average day in 2003, nearly everyone (96 percent) age 15 and over reported some sort of leisure or sports activity, such as watching TV, socializing, or exercising. Including the small proportion of the population that reported no leisure activities, men spent more time doing leisure activities (5.4 hours) than women (4.8 hours).
Watching TV was the leisure activity that occupied the most time, accounting for about half of leisure time on average for both men and women. Socializing, such as visiting with friends or attending or hosting social events, was the next most common leisure activity, accounting for about three-quarters of an hour per day for both sexes. Speaking of sex, that activity was counted as a "personal care" category, rather than a leisure activity, and not reported in the survival.
