From Role Models to Empowered Leaders: A Study of Women's Organizations in Indonesia.

The Muhammadiyah Women organization in Indonesia is crucial in facilitating women's empowerment withinthe Islamic community. This study investigated the influence of role models and entrepreneurial identity on leadershipself-efficacy inside a business. This study used quantitative methodology, wherein the questionnaires were distributed to203 participants. The respondents were chosen by a simple random sampling technique and analyzed using PLS-SEM.The study's findings indicate a strong influence of entrepreneurship role models and entrepreneurial identity onleadership self-efficacy within the Muhammadiyah Women organization. It also showed that entrepreneurial identitypartially mediates the association between entrepreneurship role models and leadership self-efficacy. The findings implythat role models can act as both sources of inspiration and catalysts for developing a self-empowering sense of identityamong women in leadership roles. Entrepreneurial role models have been linked to heightened inventiveness in businessoperations, pivotal for achieving entrepreneurial triumph and long-term viability. This research presents empiricalfindings within the specific setting of an Islamic women's organization in a country where most of the population adheresto the Islamic faith. These findings highlight entrepreneurship role models' crucial significance in enhancing leadershipself-efficacy and promoting women's empowerment. The results of this study have significant importance fororganizations and policymakers interested in advancing women's leadership and entrepreneurship. The findings providean opportunity for additional investigation into the enduring consequences of leadership self-efficacy and theorganization's broader influence on its members and the community.