Klèbun Babine’: Praktik, Gaya Kepemimpinan dan Faktor Pendorong Keberhasilan Memimpin Pemerintah Desa

Abstract

The village women leader (Klèbun Babine') in Madura is not fully considered. They were merely a symbol and administrative officer. While the policy determinant is on the husband or family of the male party. In contrast, the case study of women Head Village chief Ponteh successfully run the village government without the influence of the husband or family from the male side. The leadership of Klèbun Babine' is not inferior to the village head led by men. The case study revealed the leadership practices, leadership styles and driving factors of Klèbun Babine ' in the village government. By doing observasion, in-depth interviews and playing documentation revealed that Klèbun Babine's leadership performed by paddling the community as a child, giving freedom to the official village to work well and to tighten on Primary community interests from personal interests. Klèbun Babine' implements the style of masculine-transformational leadership with the hallmark of totality in leading based on Divine value (transcendentalism). The driving factor of Klèbun Babine' success in the first village government are the individual ability, communication to bring out a layer of community, second, community suppor and active, third, the maximum role of village government. This study shows a new fact about Klèbun Babine ' that is not a symbol and administrative officer but it can lead the village government in rural Madura. AbstrakPerempuan kepala desa (Klèbun Babine') di Madura dipandang sebelah mata. Klèbun Babine' di Madura dianggap hanyalah sebagai simbol dan petugas administratif dalam memimpin. Studi kasus kepemimpinan Klèbun Babine' Ponteh sukses menjalankan pemerintah desa tanpa adanya pengaruh dari suami atau keluarga dari pihak laki-laki. Bahkan kepemimpinan Klèbun Babine' tidak kalah dengan kepala desa yang dipimpin oleh laki-laki. Studi kasus ini mengungkap praktik kepemimpinan, gaya kepemimpinan dan faktor pendorong keberhasilan Klèbun Babine' dalam pemerintah desa. Pengamatan langsung, wawancara mendalam dan dokumentasi menunjukkan, praktik kepemimpinan KAFA'AH JOURNAL, 9 (2), 2019, (225-234)

The female Klebun of Madura within the power constellation of the patriarchy: A post-colonial feminism perspective

“…This study did not find a phenomenon such as in the research of Karim (2007) or Satriyati (2009) and Sabariman (2019), who found that female Klebun was able to carry out her duties using her own distinctive style and take on leadership. Female Klebun continue to fulfil her duties only within the scope and purview of obeying an obligation given to her by her husband.…”

“…On the other hand, independent and creative female Klebun was found in Karim's (2007) and Satriyati (2009) research. In addition, Sabariman (2019) found that female Klebun who can lead the village of Ponteh, Galis District, Pamekasan Regency successfully have a certain leadership style. Success is measured by the ability to complete administrative tasks and other tasks.…”

Portrait of Gender and Development in Village Area, do They Shape Inclusivity?

“…Several works of literature that examine women's leadership in regions and villages have been conducted, such as the success of women's leadership in the village, namely the female village head who succeeded in making the village selfsufficient (Desa Swakarya) (Utaminingsih et al, 2020). In addition, other studies explain how the success of women leaders cannot be separated from the existence of equal and fair gender government policies in society (Sabariman et al, 2019).…”

“…The same thing is also explained when women, in order to carry out their leadership, tend to pay attention to governance and can adjust to the situation when carrying out interactions. They communicate and coordinate while performing their leadership duties (Sabariman et al, 2019). Interestingly, women have a point of view in how they behave when a problem occurs in the community by responding like a mother to her child (Utaminingsih et al, 2020).…”