Cahyo Seftyono, Muhammad Luthfi, Annisa Maharani Rahayu, Ustad Mangku Alam
Leadership is a key role in current local politics issue in Indonesia, especially in rural areas. Law no. 6 of 2014 promotes village to provide optimal service, either through the village official's performance or its rules supporting the rural development process. This study aims to observe whether there are effects to structural dimension, rational dimension, and cognitive dimension of social capital to the village official's performance in Central Java. This study using questionnaire by 95 people from 1550 village official obtained from Slovin's formula with 10% standard error spread across four sub-district in Central Java. The method used in this study involved questionnaire, documentation, observation and interview. The conclusion in this study is addressed to the village officials to optimize their social capital, especially structural, rational and cognitive dimension which are strategic to improve individual performance of village officials. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Political Science Program, Univ. Negeri Semarang, Semarang, 50229, Indonesia; Taiwan and Asia Pacific Studies, Tamkang Univerity No.151, New Taipei City, 25137, Taiwan; Indonesian Institute for Development and Social Studies, Semarang, 50236, Indonesia
