STRENGTHENING CHAIRMAN’S LEADERSHIP TO IMPROVE FARMERS GROUP EFFECTIVENESS

The research aims to analyze descriptively the role of leadership, the effectiveness of farmer groups, group internal factors, and group external factors, and analyze the relationship between leadership roles, group internal factors, and group external factors with the effectiveness of farmer groups. The study was conducted in Garut Regency, West Java from June to November 2019. The study population was farmers who were members of farmer groups in the study area. The sample of 80 people was selected using a proportional random sampling technique. The research instrument has fulfilled the validity and reliability test. The research variables consist of farmer’s characteristics, external factors, the leadership of chairman, and group effectiveness. Farmer’s characteristics consist of education, land area, business experience, membership period, cosmopolitan behavior and motivation. Data analysis techniques used descriptive statistical analysis and Rank Spearman’s correlation test. The results of the study of the relationship between the leadership of the chairman with the effectiveness of farmer groups can be concluded that the majority of farmers (45.50%) are of medium age and between 35 years and 54 years. The formal education of farmers is mostly (48.75%) of junior high school graduates. The majority of land managed by farmers (40%) is narrow and less than 0.30 hectares. Most group members (53.75%) have business experience between 10 years and 25 years. Most group members (48.75%) have been members for more than 8 years. Cosmopolitan attitudes and motivations of the majority of farmers in the medium category. External factors of group members, leadership roles, and group effectiveness are in the medium category. The development of group effectiveness can be done through strengthening the chairman’s leadership, business experience, cosmopolitan behavior, motivation, and external factors of the group.

Group Bonding and Effectiveness: Cohesion’s Moderating Role and Leaders’ Relationship Mediating Role

The role of group bonding (friendship ties among group members) and the relationships between group members and the formal leader in the prediction of effectiveness was studied. A theoretical mediated-moderation process model was tested. The model was examined through a longitudinal research with 91 natural groups, that included social network analysis to capture the relationship between group members and a leadership differentiation measure to revel their relationship with the leader. As hypothesized, group bonding predicted group effectiveness, group cohesion mediated only one dimension of group effectiveness, and leadership differentiation moderated this process.

DINAMIKA KELOMPOK TANI DI DESA NETPALA KECAMATAN MOLLO UTARA KABUPATEN TIMOR TENGAH SELATAN

This study aims to find out : (1) the dynamics of farmer groups in Netpala Village, North Mollo District, South Central Timor District, (2) the constraints faced by farmer group members in applying the dynamics of farmer group elements in Netpala Village, North Mollo Subdistrict South Central Timor District. The research method used is a survey method. The location of the sample was determined by purposive sampling in the village of Netpala. The research population is all farmers who are members of farmer groups in Netpala Village, and the sample of farmer was taken proportionate random sampling from 110 farmers from five farmer groups, therefor obtained 52 farmers. The analysis used in this study was a qualitative descriptive analysis and a Likert scale. The results showed the majority of respondents in productive age were 46 (88.46%) of formal education was low 22 (44.23%), non-formal education was classified as high where there were 44 (84.61%). The average dynamics level of the eight elements of farmer group dynamics in the Netpala village is dynamic (69%), the dynamics level of group goals is quite dynamic (62%), group structure is dynamic (88%), the structure of task functions is dynamic (100%) %), the structure of group development and group development is dynamic (67%), the compact group structure is dynamic (85%), the structure of the group atmosphere has the same score (50%), the pressure structure of the group is quite dynamic (44%), the structure group effectiveness is classified as dynamic (100%). Constraints faced with the eight elements of group dynamics, group goals (61%), group structure (11%), coaching and group development (30%), group cohesiveness (15%), group atmosphere (50%), group pressure (55%), group effectiveness (0%) or no feedback.