Javanese Culture Ewuh Pakewuh Among Educators
Mega Putri Wijayanti
Master of Science Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Universitas
Surabaya, Indonesia
Email: [email protected]
ABSTRACT
In
modern times, there is still a situation where people are reluctant to express
opinions or reprimand friends whose behavior is not good. This situation has
become a habit called ewuh pakewuh in Javanese culture. This culture influences
the professionalism of individual and organizational work among educators. Ewuh
pakewuh has a psychological aspect that is closely related to the principles of
harmony and respect related to aspects of masculinity organizational culture,
namely assertiveness. The positive impact of the Ewuh Pakewuh Culture is the
respectful and polite behavior of junior educators to seniors as an effort to
learn to be good and professional educators, able to express opinions, be firm
and assertive, on the other hand the negative impact of the Ewuh Pakewuh
Culture is respectful and polite behavior which is defined as obedience. which
requires junior educators not to be assertive, afraid to refuse seniors'
requests. This article was created to find out the positive and negative
impacts of Ewuh Pakewuh
culture among educators.
Keywords: Javanese Culture Ewuh Pekewuh,
Educators
INTRODUCTION
In
modern times like this, situations often occur where people are embarrassed or
uncomfortable when they want to express their opinions or reprimand fellow
friends whose behavior is not good. This situation often occurs in people's
lives and has become a daily habit and is often called ewuh pakewuh in Javanese
culture. Apart from social life, this habit also occurs among co-workers, one
of which is at school. Educators who should be able to provide good examples
for their students and colleagues are also trapped in this culture because it
occurs in everyday work. Especially when asked to express an opinion or
reprimand friends who are older or older at school.
In the world of education, there is a habit where
educators, especially new educators, feel embarrassed if they do not carry out
tasks given by more senior educators, or there is an attitude where younger
educators get a larger share of work compared to more senior educators. for
example, if there is a school activity that requires all educators to work
together in a team, the more senior educators tend to hand over responsibility
to younger educators who are new members, and here the younger educators cannot
refuse the request because they feel embarrassed and impolite if refuse
assignments from more senior educators. Apart from that, younger educators act
like they are obedient because they feel they are still new and are afraid of
not having friends in the community, so they tend to be reluctant to reprimand
more senior educators if there is something they feel is not appropriate to the
work they are doing. This ewuh pakewuh
culture is still very embedded in society and is still entrenched today and
there have been no significant changes that affect the work professionalism of
each individual and organization.
According to (Tobing, 2010), someone will feel worried that
their words and behavior will offend someone, so that
this culture creates respect for superiors, older people and co-workers. Geertz
(1961) stated that ewuh pakewuh
is related to someone's polite behavior and an
indicator of Javanese politeness is not refusing, such as saying "no"
to someone's order or request. (Soeharjono, 2011) defines ewuh
pakewuh as an attitude of shyness or reluctance and
upholding respect for other people.
Each organization has its own cultural
characteristics, this is what differentiates between organizations. There are
cultures in an organization that are appropriate and that are not in accordance
with the wishes of each individual. So new members need to adapt to the
organization. (Robbins, n.d.), stated that organizational
culture refers to a system of sharing meaning carried out by members of an
organization that differentiates the organization from other organizations.
Organizational culture provides special characteristics to an organization that
differentiate it from others. Organizational culture is the basic philosophy of
an organization which contains shared beliefs, norms and values
which are the core characteristics of how things are done in an
organization (Wibowo, 2011).
According to (Tobing, 2010), ewuh pakewuh, which is a value in Javanese society, consists of
several principles that are very closely related to aspects of ewuh pakewuh, namely the
principle of harmony and the principle of respect. Meanwhile, (Soeharjono, 2011) explains that the bureaucratic
culture of ewuh pakewuh is
a pattern of polite behavior in a bureaucratic
environment carried out by employees or officials as subordinates who are
reluctant to express opinions that may be contradictory, in order to avoid
conflict and maintain good relationships with superiors or seniors. whose
position is higher.
In the world of education, an educator must be able to
set a good example for students and fellow workers. However, in this
increasingly advanced era, there is still a situation where
feelings of shyness trump professionalism among educators. Feeling reluctant to
reprimand or refuse requests that are not in accordance with the student's
portion of work often becomes an obstacle in carrying out daily tasks and work.
This feeling of hesitation is often called the Javanese culture of ewuh pekewuh. Someone will feel
worried that their words and behavior will offend
someone, so this culture creates respect for superiors, older people and
co-workers (Tobing, 2010).
Geertz (1961) suggested that ewuh
pakewuh is related to a person's polite behavior. An indicator of Javanese politeness is not
refusing, such as saying "no" to someone's order or request. (Soeharjono, 2011) defines ewuh
pakewuh as an attitude of shyness or reluctance and
upholding respect. According to (Tobing, 2010), ewuh pakewuh, which is a value in Javanese society, consists of
several principles that are very closely related to aspects of ewuh pakewuh, namely the
principle of harmony and the principle of respect.
Organizational culture in the world of education also
influences the performance of educators. Each organization has its own cultural
characteristics, this is what differentiates one organization from another.
There are some organizational cultures that are suitable for individuals or new
members, and there are also those that are not suitable. So new members must be
able to adapt to the organization. According to (Robbins, n.d.), organizational culture refers to
a system of sharing meaning carried out by members of an organization that
differentiates the organization from other organizations. Organizational
culture provides special characteristics to an organization that differentiate
it from other organizations. Organizational culture is the basic philosophy of
an organization which contains shared beliefs, norms and values
which are the core characteristics of how things are done in an
organization (Wibowo, 2011).
Organizational culture provides guidance on how a
person should behave within the organization. In the context of educational
institutions, the surrounding situation is also influenced by the policies
implemented by the government. However, on the other hand, problems arise when
there is an organizational culture that cannot support the organization because
of the influence of the Javanese Ewuh Pekewuh culture, where this culture is still very attached
to people's lives and including among educators, so what happens is that the
organization does not run well and does not run according to with developments
over time, in other words the organizational culture cannot adapt to its
environment and still maintain the existence of the Ewuh
Pekewuh culture regardless of developments over time.
The aim of writing this article is to find out the Ewuh Pekewuh culture among
educators and the impact of its problems. Apart from that, there are benefits
in this study, namely, theoretically, this literature review is expected to
expand discourse in the field of cultural psychology, especially in
understanding the organizational culture of Ewuh Pakewuh among educators and the impact of its problems andfor educational institutions as information and study material
to be able to know and understand the influence of the Ewuh
Pekewuh organizational culture among educators so
that educational institutions are able to implement a healthy and professional
organizational culture. It is hoped that educators can increase educators'
knowledge and insight regarding cultureEwuh Pekewuh
organization, so that educators are able to understand the positive and
negative benefits of the Ewuh Pekewuh
organizational culture and can implement a healthy and professional
organizational culture.
RESEARCH METHODS
Literature review is a search and research of the
literature by reading various books, journals and other publications related to
the research topic, in order to produce research regarding a particular topic.
In the library, literature review writers will explore studies that people have
done on a particular topic. Literature studies for the purpose of producing
scientific research, such as theses, theses and
dissertations, the author explores literature related to the topic and problem
of his research, about society and the research area, about theories that have
been used and produced by people related to our research topic, about the
research methods used in the study, and so on (Lawrence Neuman, 2014).
Literature reviews are carried out with the awareness
that knowledge will continue to increase and that our research topics,
communities and research areas have already been researched by people before,
and we can learn from what people have researched before. So, we are not the
first to research this topic, society and area (Lawrence Neuman, 2014).
RESULTS
AND DISCUSSION
Ewuh pakewuhcan be defined as an attitude of
reluctance or embarrassment and prioritizing respect for superiors or seniors (Soeharjono, 2011). (Tobing, 2010) believes that ewuh
pakewuh is a value adhered to by Javanese society
which contains the principles of respect and harmony. The ewuh
pakewuh culture does not only apply to superiors, but
can also occur when someone has known or received kindness from other people,
so that someone will not find it easy to refuse or ignore that person's
opinions and requests. The age difference factor is also one of the causes of
the emergence of this culture. This feeling of embarrassment usually tends to
be experienced by younger people towards older people.
According to (Tobing, 2010), ewuh pakewuh, which is a value in Javanese society, consists of
several principles that are very closely related to aspects of ewuh pakewuh, namely the
principle of harmony and the principle of respect. (Robbins, n.d.), explained that organizational
culture refers to a system of sharing meaning carried out by members of an
organization that differentiates the organization from other organizations.
Organizational culture provides special characteristics to an organization that
differentiate it from other organizations. Organizational culture is the basic
philosophy of an organization which contains shared beliefs, norms and values
which are the core characteristics of how things are done in an
organization (Wibowo, 2011).
(Hofstede, 1984) has outlined 4 (four) dimensions
of social preferences to measure the basic values of individuals
and measure behavior in a society. Based on
Hofstede's cultural dimension indicators, these basic values are
applied to the ewuh pakewuh
cultural values adhered to by Javanese society, which then
produces a society with low individuality, high range of power, high
uncertainty avoidance and low masculinity. (Hofstede, 1984) cultural
dimensions are:
a.
Individualism/IDV(individuality),
namely a social preference in a community or agency to establish loose social
relationships in which individuals only pay attention to themselves and their
families.
b.
Power
Distance/PD(range of power), namely a social preference in a
community or agency where power or authority in a community or agency is
distributed in stages (hierarchy). This dimension has a value or parameter: the
community in an agency can accept the inequality that occurs between them.
c.
Uncertainty
Avoidance/UA (uncertainty avoidance), namely a social preference in
a community or agency to avoid uncertainty or ambiguity with values
or parameters: not willing to tolerate conditions of uncertainty
or conditions of ambiguity (ambiguity).
d.
Masculinity/MAS (masculinity), namely a social
preference in a community or agency to highlight an attitude of openness or
honesty with values or parameters: making achievements, pumping
up heroic spirits, being assertive, and material success.
Psychological Aspects of Ewuh
Pekewuh
According to (Tobing, 2010), ewuh pakewuh, which is a value in Javanese society, consists of
several principles that are very closely related to aspects of ewuh pakewuh, namely the
principle of harmony and the principle of respect. In this case, the principles
of harmony and respect are related to the organizational culture aspect of
masculinity, namely assertiveness.
Assertive behavior comes
from English, namely "to assert" which means positive, namely stating
something frankly or firmly and having a positive attitude (Fensterheim & Baer, 1975). According to Mallot, et al (Narula, 1999), "to assert" means a
way of stating something politely about things that are pleasant or that are
felt to be annoying or unpleasant. Assertive behavior
is a translation of assertive behavior which means an
action or behavior that is expressed politely and
intends to ask someone to do something in order to do what is desired, asking
someone for something accompanied by a polite attitude, in accordance with
norms, calm, mature, and makes sense. According to Davis (1981), assertive behavior is behavior that leads
directly to goals, is honest, open, full of self-confidence and is firm in its
stance.
(Tobing, 2010) explains that ewuh
pekewuh is a form of feeling of discomfort that
almost resembles embarrassment. If this feeling exists, a person will feel
worried that their behavior or words will offend or
make someone offended. Pakewuh is related to social
strata. Pakewuh generally occurs between juniors and
seniors, subordinates to superiors, servants to bosses, servants (people) to gusti (rulers), children to parents, and so on (Soehadha, 2014).
In the world of education, the Ewuh
Pekewuh culture still occurs very closely within
organizations. Feelings of embarrassment towards seniors make juniors unable to
refuse every request from seniors in terms of carrying out assignments and
work, but on the other hand, organizational culture has 4 dimensions that need
to be considered. Hofstede (1984) describes 4 dimensions of social preferences
to measure the basic values of individuals and measure behavior in a society, including, Individualism/IDV (individuality),
power distance, Uncertainty Avoidance/UA (avoidance of uncertainty),
Masculinity.
Based on Hofstede's cultural dimension indicators,
these basic values are applied to the ewuh
pakewuh cultural values adhered to by
Javanese society, which then produces a society with low individuality behavior, high range of power, high uncertainty avoidance
and low masculinity Hofstede (1984). Of these four dimensions, the Masculinity
dimension is a social preference in a community or agency to emphasize an
openness or openness attitude with values or parameters: making
achievements, pumping up a heroic spirit, being assertive, and material
success, are dimensions that can be used to reduce the ewuh
pakewuh attitude of educators in the organization.
One aspect of masculinity is assertive behavior.
According to Davis (1981), assertive behavior is behavior that leads directly to goals, is honest, open,
full of self-confidence and is firm in its stance.
From the explanation above, it is clear that
organizational culture requires an assertive attitude so that it does not
hinder creativity or work assignments between colleagues. However, due to the
influence of the Javanese Ewuh Pakewuh
culture, there are still many educators who are not assertive, meaning they are
still unable to implement organizational culture optimally because they still
feel embarrassed towards their more senior colleagues. The ewuh
pekewuh culture in modern times still often occurs
among society, including within organizations, thus forming a culture that we
often call the ewuh pakewuh
organizational culture. This ewuh pakewuh
organizational culture still exists today and educators who should be able to
work professionally and set a good example are also trapped in this culture.
CONCLUSION
The ewuh pekewuh culture in modern times still often occurs among
society, including within organizations, thus forming a culture that we often
call the ewuh pakewuh
organizational culture. This ewuh pakewuh
organizational culture still exists today and educators who should be able to
work professionally and set a good example are also trapped in this culture. Ewuh pakewuh itself has a
psychological aspect which consists of several very closely related principles,
namely the principle of harmony and the principle of respect. In this case, the
principles of harmony and respect are related to the organizational culture
aspect of masculinity, namely assertiveness. The impact of ewuh
pakewuh in organizations among educators has both
positive and negative influences. The positive influences include the
respectful and polite behavior of junior educators towards seniors as an effort
to learn to be good and professional educators and being able to state things
frankly or firmly and have a positive attitude, while the negative influence of
the ewuh pakewuh culture is
respectful and polite attitudes. is defined as an attitude of obedience from
junior educators to senior educators in the organization, so that junior
educators tend to have a larger share of work compared to senior educators. If
in an organization an educator does not obey seniors then an ewuh pakewuh attitude arises,
namely hesitancy to refuse requests from higher educators. senior. This
research is the result of a review of several literatures. Authors and future
researchers who wish to focus on researching the topic in this article are
advised to conduct further field studies regarding the organizational culture
of Ewuh Pakewuh as an
effort to confirm the findings of this article.
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