Year
2018
Abstract
The energy needs in Indonesia are supplied by fossil fuels (coal, gas, and oil) up to 93% in quantity. These fossil fuels have bad impact to the environment and also have limited supplies. Hence, the requirement to replace all of those fuels is a must. Nuclear is one of the renewable energies that have most efficient to replace the fossil fuels. It has so many advantages such as low cost, cleaner, less waste, more safe and compact. A developing country like Indonesia, which growing in economics and industrial sector demands an alternative energy like nuclear to support all of those growing sectors. Moreover, the behaviours of individuals, shaped by their national culture value and traditions, are important to make a shift energy used. This work uses power distance index (PDI) as one of national culture dimensions to quantify the extent to which the less powerful people expect and accept that power is distributed unequally. Basic data about PDI is retrieved from Hofstede's website shows that Indonesia has high PDI scores of 78. Methodology of this work applied Hofstede’s Values Surveys Module 2013 (VSM 2013) contained 30-item questionnaire developed for comparing culturally determined values of people from two or more countries or regions. This research work will investigate the PDI scores of people who specifically have knowledge in nuclear related field from two differences regions in Indonesia i.e. Jakarta and Yogyakarta to see people’s readiness in shift nuclear energy used. Since past research suggests that differences in ethnic identity, historical background, geographical characteristics (e.g.,seaside or mountain regions) may cause significant cultural variability among the regions. Also, this paper seeks to examine whether there are regional differences in Hofstede's cultural dimensions in Indonesia.