Women Leaders in the Perspective of South Sulawesi People: A Exploratory Study
Ichlas Nanang Afandi

Department of Psychology Medical Faculty Hasanuddin University

Abstract

Since then until now, the issue of whether or not women should be leaders is still a matter of controversy. There are groups that refuse, some are not. Women in the leadership vortex are a never-ending problem. As an entity, South Sulawesi is an administrative area which of course has its own perspective on women leaders. The province, which is mostly inhabited by the Bugis-Makassar tribe, of course has its own values related to how they perceive female leaders.
This research is an exploratory study which tries to explore how the people of South Sulawesi view womens leadership. A total of 320 respondents from South Sulawesi participated in filling out an open questionnaire. The data obtained were then analyzed using coding techniques using the principle of thematic inductive analysis.
The results showed that the people of South Sulawesi varied in their view of women leaders. In the feasible or not category, 56% of respondents said they were feasible and 44% said they were not. In the category of reasons they stated that they were worthy, the most prominent response was that women also deserve to be leaders as long as they have the ability. While in the category of reasons they stated that they were not worthy, the most prominent response was because religion prohibits women from becoming leaders.

Keywords: Women leaders, perspective of South Sulawesi people, exploratory study

Topic: Socio-cultural factors in womens leadership and careers