Kiai leadership style in developing Bahrul Ulum Islamic Boarding School, Tambakberas, Jombang Indonesia

Abstract

This study aimed to describe and analyze the Kiai leadership model in developing Islamic boarding schools at the Bahrul Ulum Tambakberas Jombang Islamic Boarding School. The leading theory used is the Burn and Bases transformational leadership model, Zaccaro Bader's and Stoner's leadership approach. This research uses a phenomenological approach with a case study type and a multisite design. The phenomenological approach was chosen because researcher attempt to describe and analyze phenomena, events, social activities, attitudes, beliefs, thoughts, and human perceptions individually and in groups with case studies. The researcher hopes to get a complete picture of the leadership case in Islamic boarding schools. The data in this research is about Kiai's leadership in developing Islamic boarding school science. There are two data sources in this research, namely humans and non-humans. To obtain integrated and accurate data, the study uses three techniques: interviews, observation, and documentation. The analysis was carried out in two stages, with analysis of individual sites first using Miles B and Huberman's theory, namely data condensation, data presentation, and conclusion/verification, then a multisite study was carried out. The study's results stated that the Kiai's leadership model in developing Islamic boarding schools' knowledge with the transformational model showed that the Kiai had several capitals, such as intellectual, religious, social, and relational capital.