KEPEMIMPINAN CAMAT LARIANG KABUPATEN MAMUJU UTARA

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to describe the leadership of the Head of Lariang District, North Mamuju Regency; 2) to determine the roles of Lariang District Head Leadership to achieve maximum productivity of employee performance. The method used was qualitative and informants were sampled using accidental sampling technique amounting to 6 (six) people. The results showed that the leadership weakness at Lariang District Office was caused by 1) the leader’s inability to show a character strength or a positive identity to draw admiration, respect, and trust in his/her advantages from the subordinates; 2) the internal motivation weakness of the leader to inspire the subordinates to work to fulfill the whole purposes of the organization; 3) the lack of the leader’s capacity in terms of knowledge and skills; 4) the lack of the leader’s attention to the subordinates’ needs for education and career development. Therefore, the researcher predicted that the transformational leadership theory initiated by Bass was considered to be suitable to be applied by the leader of Lariang District Office, comprising four dimensions, namely Attributed charisma, Inspirational motivation, Intellectual stimulation, and Individualized consideration.