Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education
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Journal

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education


Volume
& Issue

Volume 12, Issue 2


Published
on

April 5, 2021


Pages

755-763


DOI

Article

100 Days of Muhyiddin’s Government Leadership: A Manifestation of the Continuity of Paternalism Values


Authors

Lutfan Jaes Affiliation:
Social Impact Focus Group, Centre for General Studies and Co-Curricular, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor
, Nurul Aimi Razali Affiliation:
Centre for General Studies and Co-Curricular, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
, Asyraf Maula Mohd Yusof Affiliation:
Pusat Pengajian Umum dan Kokurikulum, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor
and Khairul Azman Mohd Suhaimy Affiliation:
Pusat Pengajian Umum dan Kokurikulum, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor


Abstract

This article attempts to describe Muhyiddin in leading the Pakatan Nasional Government (PN), especially in the era of Covid-19 pandemic management. It is traced through the role of Asian Values which are believed to shape the leadership character in his administration as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia. The stance on values and dimensions was referred based on the highlights of past literatures which stated that Asian countries have their own set of unique ideologies. It was then developed through the observation of one hundred (100) days of Muhyiddin’s administration. Content analysis was applied as a research design aimed at identifying and then describing his significant speech text passages. The analysis looks at Paternalistic Leadership in the tendencies of “Work Ethics”, “Society”, “Power Orientation”, and “Family” value dimensions. These four dimensions are often discussed by scholars in underlying the leadership style of Asian leaders. Data encoding was performed using the ATLAS software. The results show that Muhyiddin has indeed applied paternal values in governing. He managed to incorporate these values indirectly in the local wisdom of the community by manipulating those values by adapting to current needs. Muhyiddin does so with the soothing values of paternalism while shaping the development of the country more pragmatically and effectively. In conclusion, the restoration of the local wisdom values has become a factor driving the significant progress of Malaysia’s post-PH Government continuous development.


Keywords

Muhyiddin, Asian value, paternalistic leadership, local wisdom


Citation

Jaes, L., Razali, N. A., Yusof, A. M. M., & Suhaimy, K. A. M. (2021). 100 days of muhyiddin’s government leadership: A manifestation of the continuity of paternalism values. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, 12(2), 755–763.

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