Fungsi dan gaya kepemimpinan kepala desa perempuan di Desa Masaran, Banyuates Sampang

This article aims to explore the function and style of women’s leader­ship. It deals with a case study of Head of Masaran Village, Banyuates, Sampang. In this research the writer employs qualitative approach and has formulated two main questions, are: first, how is the function of women’s leadership as the village head?; second, how is the leader­ship style of thiswoman as thevillage head? The research results in two conclusions, are; first, the woman’s leadership does not function effect­tively as she deals merely with administrative aspects, while the top-management functions are performed mostly by her husband. This matter cannot, however, be separated from gender bias, patriarchal culture, and the lack of abi­li­ty of the village head. Second,the woman’s leadership style can be categorized as laissez fairestyle. This is because as a leaderthe woman does not fully participate in the implementation of village’s agenda and activities for any responsiblity is handled by her husband.