Analysis of Culture Shock Experienced Towards Indonesian Sailors in Overseas

This research aimed to find out the culture shock experienced towards Indonesian sailors who sailed to overseas. This research also focused on Indonesian sailors who experienced the cultural shock. There were 60 students as population and 10 students as responded to the questioners who studied Seafarers Training Grade IV Nautical and Machine Majors in BP2IP (Balai Pendidikan dan Pelatihan Ilmu Pelayaran) shipping education and training center Barombong Makassar Indonesia. The method in this research was descriptive qualitative. According to the culture research, it found four kinds of cultural shock (U-curve). They are Honeymoon, Culture Shock (Crisis/Frustration), Adjustment, Mastery. The implication of this research is to give understanding about the phase of culture shock who would like to sail to overseas.