In general, there were many studies have been conducted analysing leadership communication from the majority's group but fewer studies were conducted from the minority's perspective. Mahathir was perceived as a leader who merely focused on the development of the majority group (Malay) and marginalised the minority communal, including the Indians. Interestingly, despite his Ultra Malay rhetoric, the Indians in Malaysia showed advancement in various sectors including politics, economics and social. Therefore, this exploratory study aims to fill in the gap by investigating the influence of Mahathir's leadership communication from Indians political leaders and NGOs perspective in Malaysia. The transformational leadership theory was used to investigate the phenomena. In-depth interview was utilised to get an insight of the experiences of this Indians communities on Mahathir's leadership communication. Data were collected through a series of intensive interviews with 12 informants consists of Malaysian based Indian political leaders and representatives of non-governmental organisations. Thematic analysis was used to identify, analyse and create themes from the data collected. Based on the analysis, three themes were identified; characteristics of Mahathir's leadership communication, Mahathir as the Indian community transformer, and the expected leadership communication qualities of the Indians. This study has contributed to enhance understanding about the impacts of leadership communication from the minority community perspective. Further, it was found that the Indians are significantly affected by Mahathir's leadership communication.
This paper attempts to study the role of Generation Y in expressing their problems, engaging the government through the media especially the social media, and in deciding and voicing their views in the ballot box during the 2008 and 2013 general elections. Generation Y has utilized the social media after the traditional media, like the print and broadcasting media, give them limited space for them to engage with the government and the oppositions Therefore, a survey had been conducted in studying the perception of Generation Y towards media and political participation. This research was able to gather 1,029 respondents from the age 15 till 25 years old. In overall, the findings show that this generation was a little bit sceptical on the new media but they believe that the new media can be the best tool for the youth to engage more with the government. Therefore, it is clear that the result of the survey election is in line with the importance of social media and Generation Y in dominating the public sphere in Malaysia.
Research on leadership communication is still an active area of inquiry as can be seen from the growing number of studies employing different perspectives to enhance the contributions of the field in its own right. From the intercultural communication perspective, every culture provides a particular view of leadership communication because each culture has tended to look at certain cultural conceptual artifacts differently. For example, in Asia, the studies on leadership communication tended to focus on Japanese and Korean and there are only a few studies which have used other cultural notions like the ones carried out in Malaysia. Among the challenges faced by the leaders in Malaysia are the ways to remain relevant in light of rapid changes in the country. The priority is, therefore, to be able sustain the impressive achievements made thus far in the rather challenging context of a multi-racial and multireligious society, especially the need to understand the cultural thinking of the Chinese community after the recent General Election (GE13). This article discusses the Chinese and Western leadership cultures and the roles of Confucian values in leadership communication in East Asia. On the basis of insights gained, a model has been proposed to guide the development of subsequent leadership communication studies, particularly that which involves the Chinese community in Malaysia. AbstrakPenyelidikan tentang komunikasi kepimpinan masih berterusan sehingga ke hari ini walaupun telah banyak kajian dilaksanakan dari pelbagai perspektif. Berdasarkan perspektif komunikasi antara budaya, setiap budaya memerlukan aspek komunikasi kepimpinan yang berbeza kerana setiap budaya adalah unik. Malah di negara Asia, kajian tentang komunikasi kepimpinan cenderung memfokuskan kepada budaya Jepun dan Korea tetapi masih kurang kajian boleh didapati dalam konteks budaya lain seperti di Malaysia. Cabaran-cabaran yang dihadapi oleh pemimpin Malaysia adalah supaya sentiasa releven terhadap perubahan negara. Oleh itu, keutamaannya adalah dapat mengekalkan pencapaian yang mengagumkan dalam konteks yang agak mencabar, iaitu dalam masyarakat yang berbilang kaum dan agama, terutamanya keperluan dalam memahami pemikiran budaya masyarakat Cina selepas Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU13) baru-baru ini. Artikel ini membincangkan tentang budaya kepimpinan Cina dan Barat dan peranan nilai-nilai tradisi Confucianisme dalam komunikasi kepimpinan di Asia Timur. Pandangan ini boleh menyumbang kepada model yang dapat memberi panduan kepada pembangunan kajian komunikasi kepimpinan yang selanjutnya, khususnya dalam perspektif masyarakat Cina di Malaysia. Kata kunci: komunikasi kepimpinan; nilai; komunikasi antara budaya; Confucianisme; masyarakat Cina
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