BOGOR REGENT^S LEADERSHIP STYLE IN FACING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Ahmad Wahyudin dan Else Liliani
Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
Abstract
This study aims to find the leadership style of regional heads in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic on the Kompas.com, Republika.com, and Tempo.com pages. The type of this research is descriptive qualitative one. The subject of this research is news on the leadership of regional heads woman in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. The research subjects focused on reporting on a female leader, namely Ade Munawaroh Yasin, Regent of Bogor, West Java Province in dealing COVID-19 in her area. The object of this research is the character and the womanly leadership style of this Bogor Regent. The data validity test used semantic validity, while reliability was obtained through intraters and interraters. The results showed that the media provided an image of the Bogor Regent^s character in dealing COVID-19, i.e. as a leader who was responsive, creative, disciplined and assertive, analytical, caring, and anticipatory. Based on the characters described by the media, hes leadership style is a transformational leadership style.
