A Path to Altruistic Leader Based on the Nine Values of Indonesian and India Ramayana

Abstract

This article is attempt to develop a theory and practices of altruistic leadership, this article is reconstructing the nine values of Indonesian Ramayana as a foundation in formulating a path to the altruistic leader. The authors found that Indonesian Ramayana contains nine leadership elements, encompassing: competency, ethical, charismatic, integrative, collaborative, knowledgeable, transformative, pluralistic and philanthropic. Those elements are divisible into four dimensions: self-dimension includes competency, ethical and charismatic; social dimension includes integrative and collaborative; transformational dimension includes knowledgeable and transformative, and altruistic dimension includes pluralistic and philanthropic. Those dimensions show that altruistic leader is consist of hierarchical and interrelated leadership elements. The path to altruistic leader consequently should start from the bottom side, which is the maturity of self-dimension, social-dimension, and transformative dimension to reach the altruistic dimension.