Cultural Values and Leadership Excellence

Abstract

The study of leadership from a cultural perspective has not been widely discussed, especially for the case in Indonesia. Meanwhile, organizations in Indonesia employ employees including leaders who come from various cultural and ethnic backgrounds. This study aims to describe the influence of cultural values on the formation of leadership excellence in organizations. GSCA analysis is used to test the structural model, while Confirmatory Factor analysis is used to examine the factor structure of the leadership excellence scale. Respondents were involved in this study who were taken by purposive sampling technique. The results showed that the dimensions of Managerial Behavior, Environmental Influence, Organizational Demand and Personal Qualities were all related to the construction of Excellent Leader. Another important point of this research is that the cultural values inherent in leaders influence their leadership behavior to form leadership excellence in the organization.