Accelerating Rural Development in Central Java Indonesia: Connecting Leadership, Social Capital and Policy in Local Context

[摘要] Leadership is a key role in current local politics issue in Indonesia, especially in rural areas. Law no. 6 of 2014 promotes village to provide optimal service, either through the village official's performance or its rules supporting the rural development process. This study aims to observe whether there are effects to structural dimension, rational dimension, and cognitive dimension of social capital to the village official's performance in Central Java. This study using questionnaire by 95 people from 1550 village official obtained from Slovin's formula with 10% standard error spread across four sub-district in Central Java. The method used in this study involved questionnaire, documentation, observation and interview. The conclusion in this study is addressed to the village officials to optimize their social capital, especially structural, rational and cognitive dimension which are strategic to improve individual performance of village officials.

[发布机构] Political Science Program, Univ. Negeri Semarang, Semarang; 50229, Indonesia^1;Taiwan and Asia Pacific Studies, Tamkang Univerity No.151, New Taipei City; 25137, Taiwan^2;Indonesian Institute for Development and Social Studies, Semarang; 50236, Indonesia^3

[效力级别] 经济学 [学科分类] 工业工程学

[关键词] Central Java;Cognitive dimensions;Individual performance;Leadership;Rural development;Social capitals;Structural dimensions;Village development