The Importance of Cultural Intelligence for Leader to Communicate Effectively: Case Study in Micro Small Medium Enterprises

作     者：Ati Cahayani Aristo Surya Gunawan 

作者机构：Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia Jakarta Indonesia 

出 版 物：《Chinese Business Review》 (中国经济评论（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第17卷第11期

页      面：525-531页

学科分类：02[经济学] 

主　　题：cultural intelligence leader micro small medium enterprises effective communication 

摘      要：Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Indonesia play huge part of national economic development because MSMEs can reduce unemployment rate. But, it is not easy to manage MSMEs well so it can be sustainable. There are some reasons why MSMEs are difficult to sustain, i.e., good management people by communicate effectively. Authors believe that one of important ability that owners, as a leader, must have in order to communicate effectively is cultural intelligence. Even in MSMEs, cultural intelligence plays important part because employees in MSMEs are diverse. They come from different region (mean having different tradition) and have different level of education. Methodology that is used in this article is qualitative method, and techniques of data collection are interview and observation. Technique of choosing informant is purposive and convenience while data analysis is using content analysis. The result of this study shows that leaders in MSMEs already have cultural intelligence to communicate with their employee. Leaders who have cultural intelligence can choose right method to communicate effectively with their employee.