The Role of Informal Leaders in Efforts of Economic Empowerment of the Local Crafts Community
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- 10.2991/978-2-494069-93-0_106How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Informal leaders; empowerment; local crafts
- Abstract
The dependence of the community on informal leaders who act as traditional leaders, community leaders, certain cultural instruments is very high. This is because the community members believe that traditional leaders have certain abilities and advantages. The community believes that the presence of traditional leaders can bring peace and harmony. It can represent society to relate to ancestors. Traditional leaders are mediators between the community and their ancestors in relation to spiritual rituals. Thus, informal leaders/customary leaders have an important position and role. He is not only a traditional leader who acts as a community leader in customary law and protects ancestral traditions, but also as a figure who acts as a government mediator in the social and customary fields. In this social function, Informal Leaders have the role and ability to represent and represent the community in all fields including the economy and the pursuit of prosperity. This research is a doctrinal research with a literature approach that analyzes informal leadership theories with their potential to empower the local community they lead. The results show that informal leaders have a role to voice, sell, participate in and delegate various systems of cooperation that have the potential to empower the local artisans’ economy.
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TY - CONF AU - Rizki Yudha Bramantyo AU - Bambang Pujiono AU - Arrum Normasari PY - 2023 DA - 2023/01/25 TI - The Role of Informal Leaders in Efforts of Economic Empowerment of the Local Crafts Community BT - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Business Law and Local Wisdom in Tourism (ICBLT 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 913 EP - 918 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-93-0_106 DO - 10.2991/978-2-494069-93-0_106 ID - Bramantyo2023 ER -