%A NIM. 11730022 NURVITA WAHYU FEBRIANI %O Drs. Siantari Rihartono, M. Si. %T STRATEGI PENGURANGAN KETIDAKPASTIAN DALAM SISTEM KOMUNIKASI INTERPERSONAL (STUDI FENOMENOLOGI PADA PESERTA ON THE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM KE JEPANG DARI PT. HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY INDONESIA PERIODE PEMBERANGKATAN TAHUN 2009-2012) %X People as social and individual human who always interacting with others through human communication (interpersonal communication). Interpersonal communication generally involves two people whose communicate with each other, either already knew or who have never known each other. Berger believed it is natural to have doubts about our ability to predict the outcome of initial encounters. He is also argued that the beginning of personal relationships are fraught with uncertainties and and communication becomes the primary method to reduce these uncertainties. On The Job Training Program is a program that was organized for the subsidiaries of HCM Group that is in some countries such as Indonesia, Russia, China, Malaysia, etc. Since they start of the program in Japan, the participants especially from PT. Hitachi Construction Machinery Indonesia feel the differences such as the work climate, culture, and the personal character of the Japanese people. These differences make the participants feel the uncertainty By applying Uncertainty Reduction Theory, this research is aim to examine uncertainties perceived by the participants On The Job Training Program of PT. Hitachi Construction Machinery Indonesia, especially in their interpersonal communication activities with other participants from Japan. In addition, this research aim to examine participant strategies to reduce these uncertainties. %K Keywords: uncertainty reduction, human communication, On The Job Training Program. %D 2015 %I UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA %L digilib16713