STRENGTHENING THE DOMINANT CHARACTER OF IHSAN BEHAVIOR FOR PROSPECTIVE LEADERS IN THE GLOBAL ERA

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out and predict what positive characteristics are the dominant factors determining the Ihsan behavior of prospective leaders. In this study, eight positive characteristics were taken, namely: thinking big, confident, brave, hardworking, enthusiastic, patient and persistent, caring for others, and grateful which is suspected of making a dominant contribution to shaping the Ihsan behavior of a prospective leader. In this study, eight positive characteristics were taken, namely: thinking big, confident, courageous, hardworking, enthusiastic, patient and persistent, caring for others, and grateful which is suspected of making a dominant contribution to shaping the Ihsan behavior of a prospective leader. This study used a quantitative survey method with respondents of students of the Islamic University of As-Syafi'iyah Jakarta as prospective leaders with an affordable population of around 4,000 people for the 2019/2020 academic year; as a sample, 215 students were randomly sampled. Data were analyzed using correlation and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that: 1) there were three positive characters out of eight positive characters that were significant (very influential) on the formation of Ihsan behavior, the highest of which was: caring for others; the second: patient & persistent and the last: thinking big. 2) the three positive characteristics: caring for others, patient & persistent, thinking big together contributes to the formation of Ihsan behavior of prospective leaders by 58.5%, and the remaining 41.5% is influenced by other positive characteristics; 3) a positive character of caring for others is a positive character that has the highest sensitivity (greatly influencing) in shaping the behavior of prospective leaders.