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Westim Ratang
Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Cenderawasih University
Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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Leadership and Apparatus Competence on Village Fund Accountability: The Mediating Role of Technology Utilization in Jayapura City Abner Kambu; Yohanis Rante; Westim Ratang; Jack H Syauta
West Science Journal Economic and Entrepreneurship Vol. 4 No. 02 (2026): West Science Journal Economic and Entrepreneurship
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58812/wsjee.v4i02.2956

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This study analyzes the effect of village head leadership and apparatus competence on the accountability of village fund management, with technology utilization as a mediating variable, in the customary villages (kampung adat) of Jayapura City, Papua, Indonesia. The study is motivated by the rising allocation of village funds, which has not been matched by a commensurate level of accountability, as indicated by a report from the Indonesian Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP, 2022) and several cases of fund misuse in Jayapura City. A quantitative approach with an explanatory research design was employed. The sample consisted of 100 respondents drawn from 10 customary villages, each represented by 10 respondents (village head, treasurer, secretary, bamuskamp, technical implementers, and community members). Data were collected through a five-point Likert-scale questionnaire and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) in SmartPLS with a bootstrapping procedure of 3,000 resamples. The results show that village head leadership and apparatus competence have a positive and significant effect on both technology utilization and the accountability of village fund management. Technology utilization positively affects accountability. Technology utilization also positively and significantly mediates the effects of leadership and apparatus competence on accountability, with variance accounted for (VAF) values of 36.8% and 37.2%, respectively, indicating partial mediation. The model explains 70.7% of the variance in village fund management accountability. These findings underscore the importance of synergy among leadership, competence, and digitalization in strengthening public-sector financial accountability at the village level, particularly in culturally distinctive regions such as Papua.
Cultural Anchors of Entrepreneurship: Evaluating the Mediating Role of Community Empowerment among Indigenous Papuan Micro-Enterprises Westim Ratang; Yohanis Rante
West Science Accounting and Finance Vol. 4 No. 01 (2026): West Science Accounting and Finance
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58812/wsaf.v4i01.2955

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Micro-enterprises are a key driver of grassroots economies, and the empowerment of Indigenous Papuan entrepreneurs has been a focal point for the Department of Industry, Trade, Cooperatives, and MSMEs in the City of Jayapura. Diverging from prior studies that primarily discuss the role of local governments in empowering MSMEs descriptively without empirically examining inter-variable mechanisms, this research positions community empowerment as a mediating variable between local culture and entrepreneurial abilities—a relationship yet unexplored within the context of Indigenous Papuan MSMEs. This study aims to investigate the department's role in empowering MSMEs for Indigenous Papuans and analyze the direct and indirect effects of local culture on the entrepreneurial abilities of Indigenous Papuans in Jayapura City through community empowerment. A mixed-method approach was employed for this research (quantitative and qualitative). Quantitative data from 65 Indigenous Papuan micro-entrepreneurs were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with SmartPLS, while qualitative data were analyzed following the Miles, Huberman, and Saldana model. The findings indicate that local culture significantly influences community empowerment (coefficient 0.470; t-statistic 4.071; p-value 0.000) and entrepreneurial abilities (coefficient 0.445; t-statistic 3.660; p-value 0.000). Community empowerment significantly impacts entrepreneurial abilities (coefficient 0.321; t-statistic 2.704; p-value 0.007). Indirectly, local culture significantly affects entrepreneurial abilities through community empowerment (coefficient 0.151; t-statistic 2.183; p-value 0.029). Local culture and community empowerment collectively account for 43.5% of the variance in entrepreneurial abilities. These findings underscore that preserved local culture, supported by community empowerment, can enhance the entrepreneurial abilities of Indigenous Papuan MSMEs, while also reinforcing the literature on the mediating role of community empowerment in indigenous entrepreneurship contexts.
The Effect of Entrepreneurship Education, Financial Literacy, Family Environment, and Love of Money on the Entrepreneurial Interest of Indigenous Papuan Students Westim Ratang; Gabriel Yusuf; Adhi Nugroho
West Science Agro Vol. 4 No. 02 (2026): West Science Agro
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58812/wsa.v4i02.2957

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The high unemployment rate in Papua underscores the need to foster entrepreneurial interest among young people, particularly Indigenous Papuan (Orang Asli Papua/OAP) students. This study examines the effect of entrepreneurship education, financial literacy, family environment, and love of money on the entrepreneurial interest of OAP students in the Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Cenderawasih University. A quantitative approach with an associative-causal design was employed. The sample comprised 65 respondents selected through purposive sampling, namely OAP students who had taken the entrepreneurship course. Data were collected using a Likert-scale questionnaire and analyzed with multiple linear regression. The results show that entrepreneurship education (β = 0.512) and love of money (β = 0.492) have a significant positive effect on entrepreneurial interest, whereas financial literacy has a significant negative effect (β = -0.357). Family environment (β = 0.067) has no significant effect. Simultaneously, the four variables affect entrepreneurial interest (F = 13.244; ρ = 0.000), with a contribution of R² = 46.9%, while 53.1% is explained by other variables outside the study. These findings indicate that hands-on entrepreneurial learning and an internal orientation toward money are stronger determinants of OAP students' entrepreneurial interest than the family environment.
Co-Authors Abner Kambu Adhi Nugroho Gabriel Yusuf Jack H Syauta Yohanis Rante Yohanis Rante