The role of female leadership and female entrepreneurship in business in Surabaya
Abstract: The issue of gender
equality has still been a global topic. This implies that male and female
should be treated equally. In Indonesia, the realization of gender equality
should be pursued by providing wider opportunities for females in various
aspects such as in social life with their role in the economy. Nowadays,
females can freely open businesses or become entrepreneurs, and even they have
opportunity to lead an organization. However, in reality, the number of
business females is still very limited compared to the males. For that reason,
it requires empowering the female for increasing the number of female
entrepreneurs in Indonesia. This study provides a typical character of
leadership and entrepreneurship of females in running the business. It explores
the role of leadership and entrepreneurship of female in business in Surabaya.
This is qualitative methods of case study, with in-depth interviews on the
informants of female entrepreneurs who have business in Surabaya. It shows that
females leadership in business applies transformational and transactional
leadership style. Yet, they tend to act as a controller while the role as an
enabler is done only for certain conditions. From the entrepreneurship point of
view, it shows an important role of entrepreneurship that is to build a culture
of innovation and create competitiveness.
Author: Liliani, Christian
Budiman Urbanus
Journal Code: jpakuntansigg140040
