International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture Available online at https://sloap.org/journals/index.php/ijllc/ Vol. 6, No. 6, November 2020, pages: 36-47 ISSN: 2455-8028 https://doi.org/10.21744/ijllc.v6n6.1034 36 Changes in Work Ethos of Balinese Who Have Worked on Cruise Ship and its Implications for Religious Life and Social Culture I Nyoman Diana a I Putu Gelgel b Ida Bagus Dharmika c Article history: Abstract Submitted: 27 September 2020 Revised: 09 October 2020 Accepted: 18 November 2020 This article intends to examine the changes in the work ethic of Balinese people who have worked on cruise ships and their implications for religious and socio-cultural life. The problems examined in this study are (1) Why is there a change in the work culture of Balinese people who have worked on cruise ships? (2) What is the process of changing the work culture of Balinese who have worked on cruise ships? and (3) What are the implications for religious and socio-cultural life? The purpose of this study is to analyze and find changes in the work ethic (work culture) of Balinese who have worked on cruise ships and their implications for religious and socio-cultural life. The theories used to analyze the above problems are Modernization Theory, Socio-Cultural Change Theory, and Reception Theory. This research uses qualitative methods with religious and cultural approaches. The implementation was carried out in Gianyar Regency and Karangasem Regency which represented the East Bali Province and Tabanan Regency and Buleleng Regency which represented the West Bali Province. The type of data used is qualitative data obtained from primary and secondary data sources. Keywords: cruise ships; globalization; religion; socio-culture; work culture; International journal of linguistics, literature and culture © 2020. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Corresponding author: I Nyoman Diana, Universitas Hindu Indonesia, Denpasar, Indonesia. Email address: ndiana249@yahoo.com a Universitas Hindu Indonesia, Denpasar, Indonesia b Universitas Hindu Indonesia, Denpasar, Indonesia c Universitas Hindu Indonesia, Denpasar, Indonesia