Pengaruh Tekanan dan Tuntutan Jabatan Terhadap Karakter Pemimpin

Modern leaders are ideally expected to possess firm, intelligent, caring, and integrity-driven characters, as well as the ability to adapt to change and leverage technology to promote collaboration and innovation within organizations. This study aims to examine the influence of job pressure and demands on leadership character. The research employs a quantitative explanatory approach with a cross-sectional design to explain the impact of job pressure and demands on leadership character. A purposive sample of 185 respondents was selected from leaders or prospective leaders who have served for at least one year in various organizations. Data were collected using a closed-ended questionnaire with a 5-point Likert scale that had been tested for validity and reliability, and analyzed descriptively and through binary logistic regression. The analysis results present regression coefficients, odds ratios, and significance values to test the relationships between variables at a 0.05 significance level. The findings indicate that job pressure and demands have a significant negative relationship with leadership character (p<0.05), meaning that higher pressure and demands reduce the likelihood of leaders having strong character. Specifically, individuals experiencing high job pressure or demands have an 82% to 82.1% lower chance of exhibiting strong character compared to those with lower pressure or demands. The constant B value shows that at low levels of pressure and demands, the likelihood of having strong leadership character is 5.395 times greater. Since job pressure and demands significantly negatively affect leadership character, organizational management needs to carefully manage workload and job expectations to avoid damaging leadership integrity.