The Meaning of Profit in Immigrant Java Perspective

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand the meaning of "profit" in the perspective of Javanese who emigrated in Gorontalo. The results of this paper are expected to be useful for Javanese immigrant to realize the meaning of "profit" and can add to the scientific treasury in the field of accounting that earnings have meaning from different perspectives. Husserl's transcendental phenomenology approach is used to answer research questions and informant experiences based on awareness. The researcher obtained the results of the study that the material profit obtained was understood by the informant namely Mrs. Sulami that the profit was meant to " meet the needs of the family ", so that what is needed in the family can be fulfilled. And profit is also interpreted as " disturbance of worship " which in the sense is a form of gratitude for the results obtained, which is a profit as a provision for worship in the hereafter through group study every week.

Revealing the Profit Meaning of Incense Traders: A Phenomenological Study

“…This type of research is qualitative with a phenomenological approach. According to Moleong (in Wuryandini & Pakaya, 2018), qualitative research is a type of research that aims to gain a better understanding of the phenomena experienced by research subjects, such as behavior, perceptions, motivations, actions, etc., thoroughly and explicitly by using scientific methods in a natural setting.…”

“…Tumirin and Abdurahim (in Wuryandini & Pakaya, 2018) reveal that phenomenology is an analytical tool to reveal awareness that arises from experience because its primary goal is to study how phenomena are experienced in consciousness, thought, and action; for example, how these phenomena deserve to be known and accepted aesthetically.…”

“…Research on the meaning of profit has been carried out in various informant professions. For instance, research by Wuryandini and Pakaya (2018) revealed that from the perspective of Javanese immigrants to Gorontalo, profit is defined as material profit with economic value to support the informant's family life. Second, informants interpret profits as a form of gratitude for the results obtained, which include profits as a provision for worship in the afterlife through weekly group recitations.…”