A Critical Discourse Analysis: Leadership Model as Reflected in Local Wisdom of Karonese

摘要

This article contains local wisdoms of Karonese, it covers some proverbs that refers to leadership model. It is based on discourse analysis that scrutinizes some selected local wisdoms of Karonese. It aims to find the description of leadership model in local wisdom of Karonese and how they are implemented in social life. The research problem concerns with the description of leadership model in some selected traditional proverbs of Karonese in compared with contemporary leadership model. This study is conducted by using qualitative descriptive design. The data are taken from some selected local wisdoms of Karonese and analyzed based on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). The analysis shows that mostly Batak Karo's local wisdoms are in metaphor form to reveal leadership model. It shows that three elements of leadership reflected in some selected proverbs of Karonese, namely a leader as decision maker, leader as advisor or mentor and eight great characteristics of a leader (diligent, wise, brave, ambitious, optimistic, altruism, tactical and smart). It means that the base leadership concepts of traditional of Karonese can be used as a hint to manage or organize institutions in this modern era.