ANALISIS BUDAYA KOMUNIKASI PADA ORGANISASI PEMERINTAH

Abstract

This research shows the communicational culture in government organization. The goal of this research is to know and describe the communicational culture in a government communication. This research uses several concepts, specifically value concept by Hofstede, individualism or collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, power distance, masculinity or feminity, long term orientation or short term orientation. Other concept is context of communicational culture, high context culture or low context culture. The paradigm of this research is constructivism and the approach is qualitative. The method of getting data is in depth interview and observation. Based on the data analysis, the values of government organization are collectivist value which explains that everything must be done together but in reality it is done only by several people, the high uncertainty avoidance, the high power distance, the masculinity value, and long term orientation to see the future. Based on the values, the communicational culture is not absolutely high context culture or low context culture. All of this depends on situation and condition, kind of organization, style of leadership and the values of a government organization. The conclusion of this research is collectivist value that is followed by a government organization influences other values and context of communicational culture. Thus, the good relations in a government organization must be developed between all member of organization especially between the leader and employees.