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Trust In Leader As A Focal Point In Building Followers’ Servant Leadership At Schools, Regi Sanjaya, Maria Merry Marianti, Brigita Meylianti Sulungbudi

The South East Asian Journal of Management

Research Aims: This research recognises the evolving landscape of followership within Indonesia’s education sector, specifically examining the fundamental role of trust in the leader in promoting servant leadership behaviour.

Design/Methodology/Approach: The study involved 248 teachers from 11 of Indonesia’s 38 provinces, representing 25 cities and 79 schools across kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school levels. Analysis was conducted using a regression-based method with SPSS 26.0 and PROCESS Macro 4.2.

Research Findings: The findings revealed two mediation pathways between principal servant leadership and followers’ servant leadership: one through trust in the leader and a serving culture, and the other through trust …

Humor Strategies In Political Communication: The Signaling Representation Of Presidential Candidates In The Election Debates, Rizka Septiana, Novrita Widiyastuti

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

The objective of the study is to identify the humor strategies employed by presidential candidates during the 2024 debates as a form of political communication. Many successful presidents have a sense of humor and have used humor as a communication strategy to convey political messages. Over the years, research on humor in politics has focused primarily on expression of humor on digital platforms; with only a few studies examining humor in presidential debates. This study examines how presidential candidates use humor during debates through the lens of Signaling theory. Using qualitative content analysis to identify patterns of humor, this study …

A Philosophical Introduction To Elements And Relations: Aspects Of A Scientific Metaphysics, Martin Zwick

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

My book, Elements and Relations*, amplifies Bunge’s characterization of the systems project as the construction an “exact and scientific metaphysics” (ESM) different from and broader than the reductionist and physicalist ontology of conventional science. This paper discusses the scientific theories constituting this project and the central notion of “system” as a structure-function dyad, where “structure” is the system’s internal order and “function” is its participation in the external order of its environment. The paper also discusses the book’s proposal of ontology and ethics as a structure-function dyad for the systems field, an ontology of problems that exemplifies the ESM idea.

Intersubjectivity, Collaboration, And The Possibilities Of Dialogic Analysis, Karen Ross, Meagan Call-Cummings

The Qualitative Report

This article stems from a desire to counter monologic, or single-voiced, approaches to data analysis and to consider opportunities for a dialogic approach that offers opportunities to engage and discover nuance and complexity in the research process. Drawing on our own research experiences, we offer a discussion of three methods of dialogic analysis: Reconstructive Horizon Analysis (RHA), participatory analysis, and Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR). Locating each of these within a kind of spectrum of dialogism, we illustrate how different forms of dialogic analysis can create space for complexity, nuance, perspective-taking, and in the best case, collaborative, intersubjective meaning making. We …

Empowering Women In Community-Based Tourism: A Close Look At Tourism Villages, Tristanti Tristanti, Ismi Dwi Astuti Nurhaeni, Mulyanto Mulyanto, Ratna Devi Sakuntalawati

The Qualitative Report

This study examines women's empowerment in community-based tourism in Nglanggeran Tourist Village, Indonesia. Using an interpretive phenomenological approach, it explores how women experience the empowerment process within a rural tourism setting. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with five women actively involved in tourism activities and analyzed thematically. Findings show that empowerment follows five interconnected stages: raising awareness through women's groups, identifying programs based on local tourism potential, designing need-based initiatives, implementing training and mentoring, and evaluating programs through participatory discussions. Active participation and integration of local resources drive the process. Participants reported greater self-confidence, positive mindset changes, improved employment …

Inside A Multidisciplinary Grounded-Theory Project On Corruption In Ecuador: Navigating And Negotiating Challenges, Maria-Jose Rivera, Paúl Arias-Medina, Aracely Rojas-Lazo, Dolores Sucozhañay-Calle

The Qualitative Report

Studying day-to-day corruption raises hurdles for qualitative teams that cut across methodological, emotional, and ethical domains. Rather than presenting substantive findings on corruption, this article reports a reflexive analysis of those hurdles as experienced by an eight-member, multidisciplinary research team conducting the qualitative grounded-theory phase of the CIRCLE project in Ecuador - a context where discussing corruption often triggers mistrust, discomfort, and political sensitivities. Drawing on 33 meeting minutes and eight researcher stance memos, we applied Braun and Clarke’s reflexive thematic analysis to team-generated documents to examine how challenges unfolded and were negotiated. We identified three interconnected domains of difficulty. …

Exploring Striking Moments Through Reflexive Inquiry: Case Study Of Action Learning Conversations, Mette Vinther Larsen, Sheila Mcnamee

The Qualitative Report

This paper explores how executive managers reflexively inquire into striking moments, understood as unanticipated instances that unsettle taken-for-granted assumptions, through Action Learning Conversations (ALC). ALC is a structured six-step dialogical process used at a Danish executive MBA program. Grounded in a relational-constructionist stance, the study responds to earlier empirical work showing that reflexivity could not be planned through curricular design but depends instead on relational and reflexive inquiries around unanticipated and striking moments. Using a qualitative, semi-structured case study design, the first author, who taught in the program and generated the data, traces two purposively selected cases; (1) centered on …

Cultivating Gen-Z As Cultural Heirs In The Indigenous Community Of Cireundeu, Sardin Sardin, Ade Romi Rosmia, Mohamad Hadi Ali Mutamam

The Qualitative Report

How do Indigenous leaders teach digital-native youth to value centuries-old traditions? This six-month ethnographic study examined cultural transmission in Cireundeu, an Indigenous Sundanese community in West Java, Indonesia. Existing studies often address Indigenous education and digital youth culture separately, with limited attention to leaders’ perspectives. Conducted from June to November 2024, the study drew on participant observation, interviews with 25 community members, six focus group discussions, and digital artifact analysis. Reflexive thematic analysis identified three interconnected patterns. First, leaders fostered cultural learning through graduated ceremonial participation. Second, elders practiced leader-orchestrated digital bricolage by adapting Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp for cultural …

Researching Readers And Writers: The Role Of Serendipity, Elizabeth L. Jaeger

The Qualitative Report

I trace here three case studies of readers and writers: third grade children participating in a Writing Workshop, fourth grade vulnerable readers in a tutoring setting, and adults with major mental illness interacting in a writers’ group. Specifically, I collected and analyzed data related to students extending a classroom practice called Class Meeting (during which they shared concerns and compliments) into the writing workshop context; expanding the focus of tutoring practice from children who struggled with comprehension of text to include those with English vocabulary and decoding issues; and changes when I moved from a participant in, to facilitator of, …

From Epoché To Essence: A Methodological Chronicle Of Hybrid Phenomenological Data Analysis, Mulugeta Yayeh Worku

The Qualitative Report

This article provides a personal and procedural account of the methodological journey undertaken for a doctoral study on the lived experiences of teacher educators practicing Social Reconstructionism in Ethiopian higher education. Navigating the complex terrain of phenomenological inquiry, the author details a Hybrid Phenomenological Model that integrates the procedural rigor of Clark Moustakas's descriptive method (e.g., horizonalization and imaginative variation) as a structural scaffold, with the interpretive attitude of hermeneutical phenomenology (Max van Manen, Martin Heidegger) as the guiding lens for meaning construction. The chronicle traces a five-phase data analysis process, from the initial challenge of epoché and immersion, through …

Reflexive Accounts Of Conducting Qualitative Interviews In The Mena Region, Chaima Mennai, Sana Alzahrani

The Qualitative Report

This paper provides a reflexive account of our experiences conducting qualitative research in the contexts of two Arab countries, from our perspectives as researchers trained in a Western academic context. We explore the challenges and insights gained when recruiting and interviewing participants for qualitative Ph.D. projects within what is a predominantly quantitative research culture. Drawing on Walsh’s reflexive framework, we detail the issues that emerged during the recruitment and interview processes, identifying their potentially significant implications for Ph.D. candidates and early-career researchers who were trained in the West and are choosing to conduct research in contexts where the qualitative research …

Teaching Writing With Genai: Teacher Insights On How To Adapt Learning And Assessment Practices, Thanh Thao Le, Trut Thuy Pham, Minh Tuan Duong, Thi Diem Lan Le

The Qualitative Report

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) creates two connected challenges for English as a foreign language (EFL) writing assessment: teachers need credible evidence of learner authorship and learning, while teachers and learners need practical guidance for responsible use. We investigated how nine Vietnamese tertiary EFL teachers redesigned writing tasks and assessment and whether their pedagogical reasoning varied across career stages. We generated data through semi-structured interviews at two tertiary institutions and analyzed the accounts using reflexive thematic analysis. The analysis produced four themes: (1) movement from detection to authenticity-by-design, (2) Defensive, Adaptive, and Generative response patterns, (3) integrity, equity, and feasibility as …

Behind The Screen And Behind The Researcher: Reflexivity In Digital Mental Health Inquiry, Lesedi Kgatla

The Qualitative Report

The purpose of this paper is to reflexively examine how researcher positionality, theoretical commitments, methodological choices, and ethical decision-making shaped the interpretation of a previously conducted qualitative study on digital mental health activism. Drawing on my earlier digital ethnographic study of two South African mental health activists who used social media to disclose their experiences of depression, this paper presents a reflexive qualitative re-examination of the research process. The original study identified three themes: visibility through vulnerability, authenticity as activism, and community, connection, and psychoeducation. Rather than revisiting these as empirical findings, this paper examines how they were co-constructed through …

Participatory Research With People With Aphasia: Frameworks, Examples, And Implementation Guidance, Jacqueline J. Hinckley, Katie A. Strong, Brent Archer, Lauren Bislick, Suma R. Devanga, Amy E. R. Engelhoven, Anthony Pak-Hin Kong

The Qualitative Report

Participatory research (PR) improves the meaningfulness and efficiency of research and reduces the research-to-practice gap, because it includes the lived experience of those who are affected by the research in the planning, execution, and dissemination of the research. Communication disabilities, like aphasia due to stroke, or communication differences impact the way in which meaningful research collaborations can take place. The purpose of this paper is to describe the ethics, challenges, and opportunities for involving people with aphasia as collaborators in research. We highlight specific examples of PR projects undertaken by community member teams composed of researchers, clinicians, people with aphasia, …

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Integrating Esg Principles Into Innovation, Entrepreneurship, And Human Development For Sme Performance: Evidence From The Creative Industry In Lombok, Adi Septiawan, Erne Suzila Kassim, T Ramayah, Sri Rahayu Hijrah Hati

The South East Asian Journal of Management

Research Aims: The current study investigated the influence of ESG-integrated innovation strategies, entrepreneurial orientation, and human capital development on the organisational performance of creative-industry SMEs in Lombok, Indonesia, using the resource-based view (RBV) as a theoretical perspective.

Design/Methodology/Approach: A survey was conducted among a total of 200 SMEs in the creative industry in Lombok, Indonesia. The data were collected using structured questionnaires and analysed on the SmartPLS 4.0 software for structural equation modelling (SEM).

Research Findings: The current results indicated ESG-aligned leadership, innovation, entrepreneurial orientation, and human capital development significantly enhanced the level of organisational performance among creative-industry SMEs in …

Process Fairness As A Mediator Of The Relationship Between Reward Communication And Organisational Attachment, Azman Ismail, Ummu Ajirah Abdul Rauf, Muhammad Ajib Abd Razak, Nik Hasfizul Hassan

The South East Asian Journal of Management

Research Aims: The study examines the mediating role of process fairness in the relationship between reward communication and organisational attachment.

Design/Methodology/Approach: Cross-sectional data were collected from 437 employees at Malaysian public tertiary education institutions using purposive sampling. The data were analyzed using SmartPLS to examine both the measurement and the structural equation models.

Research Findings: Process fairness is a crucial mediating variable between reward communication and organisational attachment.

Theoretical Contribution/Originality: This study extends Leventhal’s (1976) Self-Interest Model and Shapiro’s (1993) Model of Procedural Justice by examining the role of process fairness as a mediating variable between reward communication and organisational …

The Impact Of Employee Recognition Practices To Job Satisfaction In Business Process Outsourcing (Bpo): The Mediating Role Of Employee Productivity, Genesis S. Austria, Celso S. Alicante Jr., John Crisjer A. Araullo, Erica Shane B. Belleza, Peter Daniel S. Gutierrez, Daisy R. Payawal, Erwin Stuart C. Toledo

The South East Asian Journal of Management

Research Aims: This study investigates the impact of employee recognition practices on job satisfaction in the BPO industry, with employee productivity examined as a mediating variable. It addresses the persistent challenge of high attrition in the Philippine BPO sector, where demanding performance standards and work conditions heighten the need for effective recognition mechanisms.

Design/Methodology/Approach: A quantitative research design was employed using survey data collected from 701 employees working in BPO companies across Metro Manila. PLS-SEM was utilized to test the direct and mediating relationships among variables.

Research Findings: Results indicate that employee recognition has a significant positive effect on job …

After-Hours Digital Connectivity, Emotional Exhaustion, Service Quality, And Turnover Intention Among Hotel And Resort Employees, Badaruddin Badaruddin, Fatmasari Fatmasari, Sitti Mujahida, Muhammad Azizurrohman

The South East Asian Journal of Management

Research Aims: This research evaluates whether after-hours digital connectivity is associated with emotional exhaustion among frontline hotel and resort employees in Indonesia and whether exhaustion transmits its effects to service quality and turnover intention. It also tests psychological detachment as a boundary condition.

Design/Methodology/Approach: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from December 2025 to February 2026. Purposive sampling produced 294 usable responses from frontline employees who routinely used digital communication for work coordination. The model was estimated using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM), including direct, indirect, and interaction effects.

Research Findings: After-hours digital connectivity significantly increased emotional exhaustion. Exhaustion, …

The Role Of Environmental Awareness In Green Technological Usage: A Mediation Of Sustainable Green Practices In The Manufacturing Sector, Joel Mark P. Rodriguez

The South East Asian Journal of Management

Research Aims: This study investigates environmental awareness, sustainable green activities, and green technology adoption in the manufacturing industry, with special attention being paid to the role of sustainable green activities in the mediating effect of environmental awareness on green technology adoption.

Design/Methodology/Approach: A quantitative cross-sectional design was applied in the study based on the use of data gathered from 350 employees/managers from five manufacturing companies in the CALABARZON area of the Philippines. The analysis was conducted using SEM with WarpPLS 8.0 software, while the mediator effects were studied using the bootstrapping technique.

Research Findings: Environmental awareness significantly impacts sustainable …

Mental Health As A Mediator In The Relationship Between Life Satisfaction, Resilience, And Employee Engagement Among Generation Z Employees, Ida Farida, Irfiani Triastari

Psychological Research on Urban Society

This study examined the mediating role of mental health, operationalized as lower non-specific psychological distress, in the relationships between life satisfaction, resilience, and employee engagement among Generation Z employees in Indonesia. A quantitative cross-sectional explanatory survey design was used. The sample consisted of 324 Generation Z employees selected from a larger dataset based on age cohort, full-time employment status, and voluntary participation. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling with LISREL 8.80 and Maximum Likelihood estimation. The results showed that life satisfaction was positively associated with employee engagement and with mental health as operationalized in this study. Resilience was positively …

Catfish Cultivation In Buckets For Blimbingsari Beach Fishermen As An Additional Source Of Income, Ali Wafa, Muhammad Faris Faisal, Iffan Gallant El Muhammady, Agung Wijaksono

Bhakti: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat

Traditional fishermen on Blimbingsari Beach have experienced a decline in income since 2022. This is due to extreme sea weather and the high cost of fuel per voyage. This empowerment program aims to create additional sources of income in an effort to maintain welfare. Using a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) approach, this activity was carried out productively for 4 months (July-October 2023), involving the Blimbingsari Beach fishermen's joint business group (KUB). This program is part of the 2023 PPK Ormawa maritime village scheme, with funding support of IDR 38,700,000. The empowerment results showed that the team's efforts resulted in the …

Pendampingan Keluarga Binaan Untuk Pencegahan Penularan Varisela Melalui Edukasi Daring Dan Kunjungan Rumah Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Pengasinan, Depok, Royal Em Silaban, Estri Efani, Asyraf R. Jatnika, Rafif Esa Pradipta, Ilfa Maharani, Ima Maria, Agneta Irmarahayu

Bhakti: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat

Varicella is a highly contagious childhood infection that can spread rapidly in schools and households because infectiousness begins before rash onset and continues until lesions crust. A school-associated varicella event occurred at SD Islam Asshafa, Depok, during January–February 2026. This community service program, conducted in collaboration with Pengasinan Primary Health Center, aimed to standardize caregiver actions for household prevention and early response using a blended approach combining online education and targeted home mentoring. Activities included rapid situation assessment and coordination with the school, home visits to three purposively selected families for household risk appraisal and baseline knowledge–attitude–practice (KAP) assessment, a …

Perancangan Identitas Visual Nagari Ambuang Kapua Oleh Mahasiswa Kkn Di Nagari Ambuang Kapua, Sumatera Barat, Ibrahim Movic - -

Bhakti: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat

The Community Service Program (Kuliah Kerja Nyata or KKN) is a form of student service to the community. One of the objectives of this program is to fulfill the KKN course requirement through community service. In this study, we, as KKN students, were deployed to Nagari Ambuang Kapua to serve and conduct research. Nagari Ambuang Kapua, located in Padang Pariaman Regency, is an agrarian region rich in the historical values of traditional consensus (musyawarah adat) and local wisdom. However, its significant potential in the agriculture, plantation, and cultural sectors has not been optimally represented due to the …

Narrating Resilience: Evaluating A Tri-Module Digital Communication Training For Disaster Preparedness Advocates Among Indonesian Youth, Past Novel Larasaty, Patricia Vicky Sihombing, Heru Gunadi, Budi Riyanto

Bhakti: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat

Indonesia's persistent vulnerability to natural disasters, combined with the underutilised communicative potential of its large youth population on digital platforms, creates an urgent gap that this study addresses. This article reports on the design and evaluation of the Komunikator Ketangguhan Muda (Resilience Communicator Youth) programme, a Tri-Module training initiative developed by the Institut Komunikasi dan Bisnis LSPR in partnership with Indonesia Resilience (IRES). The programme equipped eleven youth participants with competencies in disaster resilience narrative construction, cross-platform content production, and digital advocacy and information verification. Using a one-group pre-test/post-test design, data were collected across three instrument sections: conceptual knowledge (Section …

Penyuluhan Kesehatan Dan Pemeriksaan Pap Smear Sebagai Upaya Deteksi Dini Kanker Serviks Pada Perempuan Di Puskesmas Karang Kitri, Bekasi, Riesye Arisanty, Maria Angela Putri Maharani, Amelia Fosseta Manatar, Lisnawati -, Ria Kodariah, Supri Irianti Handayani, Endah Zuraidah, Hemalia -

Bhakti: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat

Cervical cancer remains a major public health problem in Indonesia, although it is largely preventable through HPV vaccination and early detection. This community service activity aimed to improve women's awareness of cervical and breast cancer prevention and to provide cervical cytology screening at Puskesmas Karang Kitri, Bekasi. The program was conducted on September 10, 2025 by the Anatomical Pathology Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia/Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in collaboration with Puskesmas Karang Kitri. Activities included participant registration, health education using slide presentation and leaflet, interactive discussion, Pap smear specimen collection, laboratory cytology examination, and result counselling. Sixty women …

Social Work Licensure With A Criminal Record: A Legal Mapping Project Of 56 U.S. States And Territories, Brianna Suslovic, Adrian Aira, Antara Anand, Halla Anderson, Jessica Brandon, Natalie Casal Alcaino, Nino Claveria, Nyla Conaway, Matthew W. Epperson, Louis Levy, Teya Lovell, Cea Murtha-Paradis, Zoë Phillips, Tanishq Rajan, Hannon Welch, Abbey Whigham

School for Social Work: Faculty Publications

This legal mapping paper aims to aggregate state-specific policies on the impact of criminal legal system contact—more specifically, the impact of criminal convictions—on social work licensure. Situating these policies within an abolitionist analysis and the larger history of social work in the United States, the paper attempts to expose the contradictions alive within the profession’s discourse. Social work discourses claim to value lived experience, yet social work licensure policies and practices often exclude the people and communities who, by lived experience, are uniquely qualified to do this work. Examining the language of these policies, this study poses questions concerning the …

Carnatic Entanglements: Influences Of South Indian Classical Music In Songs For Dead Sailors, Toby Wren

Staff Scholarship - Australia & Dubai

Jazz and Carnatic music have constituted one of the more surprising entanglements in global improvisatory practice. While these two traditions have fundamentally different theoretical and aesthetic bases, they are perhaps uniquely situated for intercultural dialogue, both relying at higher levels of performance on intensely focused interactions and reactions. For the last twenty years, I have been attracted by the similarities and the differences, and the implications of creating music in the border zone.

This paper examines intercultural music-making through an analysis of Songs for Dead Sailors (2025), a song cycle that functions as a site of my sustained entanglement with …

Communication, Identity, And Resilience Among Fisherwomen Of Padang City: A Phenomenological Study, Elva Ronaning Roem, Winda Vanisya, S. Bekti Istiyanto, Sarmiati Sarmiati, Vitania Yulia, Revi Marta, Nadra Ideyani Vita

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Fisherwomen constitute an essential yet frequently overlooked workforce in small-scale fisheries, particularly in coastal communities where intercultural dynamics shape everyday working relationships among fisherwomen, fishermen, traders, and buyers. Along the coast of Padang City, these interactions take place within the distinctive socio-cultural context of Minangkabau society, where communication involves ongoing negotiations of meaning across differing cultural expectations, kinship values, and gender roles embedded in the coastal work environment. Although previous studies have examined fisherwomen’s economic participation and gender inequality, limited attention has been paid to communication as an intercultural and lived process through which fisherwomen construct identity, solidarity, and resilience …

“Not Just A Muslim Candidate”: Zohran Mamdani’S Mediated Political Representation On Instagram @Zohrankmamdani, Arina Naila Hanifa Sadono, Verdy Firmantoro

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

This study examines how Zohran Mamdani’s Instagram account, @zohrankmamdani, communicates his Muslim minority identity and constructs his mediated political representation through political human branding. As the first Muslim mayor of New York City, Mamdani represents a case of Muslim minority political representation in a context where Muslim Americans face negative perceptions and discrimination. This study analyzes his New York City mayoral election campaign from June 25 to November 4, 2025, using Mayring’s qualitative content analysis to examine 48 purposively selected Instagram posts from a total of 286 posts published during the period. The findings show that his political persona extends …