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psychometric review
Abstract
This study aims to understand the dynamics of the reflective model of the personal attribute dimensions of
the concept of public leadership in a multicultural society in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. This
research is the second phase of a series of leadership research in Indonesia. Previous research using
qualitative methods illustrates that there are two main dimensions of effective leadership in a multicultural
society in dealing with horizontal conflicts in Indonesia, namely the dimensions of personal attributes and
behavioral competencies. The dimensions of personal attributes include cognitive abilities, innate traits
and, while the behavioral dimensions of competence include personal and interpersonal competencies.
Data was collected online and obtained as many as 247 respondents from the Jakarta, Bogor, Depok,
Tangerang and Bekasi areas. In the internal consistency of the measuring instrument used for each
dimension 0.76 (cognitive ability), 0.844 (trait), and 0.88 (value). From analysis using confirmatory factor
analysis (CFA) it was found that the personal attribute model was significant with the GoF SRMR index
(0.099), d_ULS (12.9191). The magnitude of the contribution of each dimension is 0.776 (cognitive ability),
0.701 (innate/traits), and 0.936 (value). This research enable us to unlock the dimensions of personal
attributes that have a significant role because it shows the leadership potential of each individual that
needs to be considered in the process of selecting prospective leaders and which can then be used for the
preparation of leadership training programs. This is important, considering that there has been a rapid
demographic change in Indonesia, especially in the areas that are sources of economic growth, which
caused horizontal conflicts in various regions.
Keywords:
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BINUS University, Jakarta
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Defense University of Indonesia, Jakarta
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Defense University of Indonesia, Jakarta
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Background.
Erzen and Armagan (2015) who conducted extensive research on the influence of leadership on conflict resolution found that
leadership has a significant influence on conflict management, because leaders can play a constructive role to ensure that followers
have the same goal of overcoming or preventing conflict, or vice versa. it can be a source of conflict. In this case, Indonesia as a
country that has a high level of diversity, both in terms of culture, religion, race, social status, as well as groups and sects, of course,
harbors a large potential for conflict. This is because one of the main factors that can cause conflict is the perception of differences
which then creates "us" versus "them" and turns into horizontal conflict if it cannot be managed properly (Oakes, 2001). Associated
with diversity and differences, the many differentiating factors can ultimately be simplified into factors of cultural differences,
because for example differences in religion, social status, ethnicity and class can ultimately be translated through a cultural lens, or
"the point of view of a group of people in viewing a problem." (Pedersen, 2001). And in this context, various literatures on conflict
show that effective leadership factors for multicultural societies play an important role in overcoming conflicts caused by cultural
differences (Seiler, 2007).
Although there is a lot of literature on leadership, conflict resolution, and about a multicultural world, however, the limited literature
study over the last 10 years, with the search engine proquest database, found only a small amount of literature on effective leadership
for multicultural societies in the context of conflict management. This is inseparable from the study of peace and conflict resolution
which is still largely dominated by the Western approach. For example, Duffey (2000) who examined the failure of peacekeepers
under the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) led by the United States found that the approach and Standard
Operating Procedure (SOP) taken by the UNOSOM Command were basically oriented towards conflict resolution approaches
originating from the United Nations. of Western culture, in this case the United States. The same thing was stated by Findlay (2002)
who found that the doctrines, SOPs and theories of conflict resolution used in various UN peacekeeping operations basically came
from a “Western” perspective (Soeters et al. 2006; Rubinstein et al., 2008). These approaches were born out of study programs on
conflict resolution and peace that were born and developed by academics working at universities in Europe and North America.
Thus, it is not surprising that emerging approaches reflect Western intellectual traditions, including the expectations, value systems
and leadership concepts associated with Western culture. And a deeper problem is where the discipline of Peace and Conflict
Resolution has made the wrong assumption that the theories, methods and concepts of leadership that were born in universities in
Western countries, can be applied universally. In fact, as an example, observations of various parties regarding the implementation
of conflict resolution in Timor Leste (Bishop, 1999; Di Giovanni, 1999) show that non-Western approaches, such as the Asian
approach, are considered more cooperative and accepted by the local community.
As a very multicultural country, Indonesia has experienced various horizontal conflicts, but it can also be said that it has shown
various successes in dealing with them. The problem is that not many studies have been conducted regarding indicators of effective
leadership to deal with conflict in a multicultural society that are in accordance with the real conditions in Indonesia, especially
related to demographic changes that occur rapidly, massively and continuously in contemporary Indonesia, which have the potential
to result in conflict. , especially in areas that are sources of high economic growth. This research is a continuation of qualitative
research that has been carried out previously and has succeeded in obtaining criteria for effective leadership to deal with conflicts in
the cities of Bandung, Bekasi and North Jakarta. From the criteria that have been obtained, an effective leadership model has been
obtained which consists of personal attributes and behavioral competencies. For personnel attributes, the factors found are cognitive
abilities, innate traits and values. Cognitive abilities consist of intelligence and creativity, while innate traits consist of character,
patience, assertiveness, courage and interest in resolving conflicts. The sub-factors of values are discipline, religiosity, sincerity and
holding on to principles. However, considering that in qualitative research, the resulting factors and sub-factors have not been
translated into indicator levels, it is necessary to develop behavioral indicators so that the validity of these factors and sub-factors can
be tested. And the aim of this research is to test the construct validity of personal attributes.
From the results of interviews with research sources, and then an Expert Judgment assessment by psychologists at the Army
Psychology Service, then the criteria for an effective leadership profile in a multicultural society in Indonesia have been obtained to
deal with horizontal conflicts as shown in Table 1 below:
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Creativity (covert) Patience Religiosity Innovation Ability
Interest Intuition
(Passion)
Compliance with
regulations
Creativity (overt)
Source: Report on the results of research on effective leadership for multicultural society in Indonesia (Hidayat et al, 2017)
Research Hypothesis
From the profile of effective leadership, effective leadership in a multicultural society in Indonesia to deal with this horizontal
conflict, then of course it is necessary to develop indicators that can be observed and assessed so that valid and reliable measuring
tools can then be developed to select potential leaders and then develop related leadership training materials. In this case, it is
necessary to test the construct validity of the factors of personal attributes and behavioral competencies through a quantitative study
through Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) as the most appropriate method to test the validity of a measuring instrument (Brown,
2006). The research hypothesis proposed in this study is described as follows:
H1: Cognitive ability factor reflects effective leadership for multicultural society in overcoming horizontal conflict
H2: Traits reflect effective leadership for multicultural societies in dealing with horizontal conflicts
H3: Values factors reflect effective leadership for a multicultural society in overcoming horizontal conflicts
Google platform, by distributing the survey page link to respondents who are the research targets .
The Result
Data responden memperlihatkan gambaran berikut ini pada table 2:
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PNS 36 14.57%
TNI 28 11.34%
POLRI 1 0.4%
Mahasiswa 95 38.46%
Ibu Rumah Tangga 3 1.21%
Pensiunan 1 0.4%
The respondent's data shows that the variation in terms of gender, origin of region, occupation is quite large. Meanwhile, from
gender and level of education and age grouping occurs enough.
The criteria for the validity of the latent variable indicators are weights 0.5, in this study each latent variable was only taken a few
indicators with the largest and stable weight value (Ghazali, 2006). To minimize bias in parameter estimation, each construct is taken
at least 3 indicators with the largest weight (Gerbing and Anderson in Iacobucci, 2010). A model is said to have a good level of
conformity (Goodness of Fit) when the SRMR (The Standardized root mean square residual) has a value of 0.1 (Garson, 2016).
Based on data processing using SmartPLS Version 3, it produces the goodness of fit index indicator as follows as shown in the table
3:
Based on the GoF index in table 4, it can be concluded that the structural model of the Personal Attribute construct is significant at
the SRMR value of 0.099. The model is shown in the image below.
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Figure 1: Reflective Model of Multicultural Leadership Personal Attributes
Figure 1: The Reflective Model of Personal Attributes of Multicultural Leadership shows that all hypotheses can be accepted,
namely that personal attributes are explained through the dimensions of Cognitive Ability, Traits, and Values. Specifically, the
hypothesis test can be seen in the following explanation:
1. The dimension of cognitive ability is significant at the coefficient of 0.881 explaining personal attributes of 0.776.
2. Trais dimension is significant at the coefficient of 0.837 explaining personal attributes of 0.701
3. Dimensions The significant value of the coefficient of 0.967 explains the personal attributes of 0.936.
At the aspect level, each dimension consists of several significant aspects, namely:
Discussion
Based on the previous description, it can be concluded from the results of this study that the personal
attribute model of leadership that is effective for dealing with horizontal conflicts in multicultural society in
Indonesia has been tested for construct validity. The attribute dimension found to be the most dominant is
the value (0.936) with the highest score on the spirituality aspect (0.818). This is from previous research, it
was found that in ethno-religious conflicts, a leader must have a high level of religious understanding,
however, this understanding must be spiritual rather than doctrinal, so that the leader will be able to
criticize the religious fanaticism that arises. Next is the trait dimension (0.701) with the highest score on
the aspect of assertiveness (0.910). A multicultural leader who is effective in dealing with horizontal
conflicts must have firmness, especially firmness in enforcing regulations so that the leader will be
considered fair by different groups. In this study, it was found that the lowest dimension was cognitive
ability (0.776) with the highest score on the aspect of creativity (0.887). This shows that indeed an effective
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leader is not always required to be a person who has a very high level of intelligence. It is enough for a
leader who has an average level of intelligence in his group, but the leader is still required to have
creativity in solving the various multicultural problems he faces. Finally, this multicultural leadership model
also has a good level of conformity with the Goodness of Fit (GOF) index of 0.099.
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