18Feb 2017

IDENTIFYINGCHARACTERISTICSOF EFFECTIVELEADERSHIP BASED ON VALUES OF LOCAL ETHNIC CULTURE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY.

  • School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, The National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
  • Government of Makassar City, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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The power of culture in each country is very influential in shaping the characters of people inorganization especially leader. A goodleadershipwill affectthe organizational performance.This study aims to identify the values of local ethnic cultureand its role in shaping characteristics ofeffectiveleadership in South Korea, Indonesia and New Zealand. The method was adopting qualitative method by analyzing literatures on local culture ofKoreanin South Korea,BugisinIndonesia, andM?ori inNew Zealand. The study found that similar characteristics of the three local ethnic cultures are the basic characteristics in formingcharacteristics of effectiveleadership especially in the region of Asia Pacific.

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[Andi Nurfitri, Suhana Saad and Azmi Aziz. (2017); IDENTIFYINGCHARACTERISTICSOF EFFECTIVELEADERSHIP BASED ON VALUES OF LOCAL ETHNIC CULTURE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Feb). 238-243] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Andi Nurfitri
PhD student in The National University of Malaysia and Officer in Government of Makassar City

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3138      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3138

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