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This chapter describes the field site of this book and its particular circumstances. It introduces a brief history of Japanese nationals and the demographic characteristics of expatriates (mainly Japanese) in Indonesia, and presents the composition of the interview respondents. This chapter explains the socio-cultural environments of two offices in particular of a Japanese organization (JO)—one in Jakarta (JOI) and the other in Makassar (JOM)—and briefly places the author in this specific context, by introducing methodological and ethical issues related to the study. The depiction of a day in the office space of the JOI, together with the author’s personal experiences there as an unpaid intern, delivers a taste of the work atmosphere of expatriate employees.

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    Yukimi Shimoda

  2. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

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Shimoda, Y. (2017). Transnational Offices. In: Transnational Organizations and Cross-Cultural Workplaces. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52212-2_2

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