http://www.iaeme.com/IJM/index.asp 972 editor@iaeme.com International Journal of Management Volume 11, Issue 06, June 2020, pp. 972-977. Article ID: IJM_11_06_085 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/ijm/issues.asp?JType=IJM&VType=11&IType=6 Journal Impact Factor (2020): 10.1471 (Calculated by GISI) www.jifactor.com ISSN Print: 0976-6502 and ISSN Online: 0976-6510 DOI: 10.34218/IJM.11.6.2020.085 © IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed DETERMINANTS OF THE COMMUNITY'S ROLE IN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL CHANGES IN PALANGKA RAYA Andrie Elia Department of Development Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Palangka Raya University, Palangka Raya, Indonesia. ABSTRACT This paper seeks to explore and discover the role of community leaders in changing society so as to be able to find the role of figures in social, economic, and cultural changes. This is motivated by the rapid development and changes that occur in the regions of Palangka Raya. The role of community leaders is to find a role in giving direction to the process of socialization, inheritance of traditions, beliefs, values, norms and knowledge, uniting community groups, and activating community control and control in order to preserve a better life. Keywords: community, leader, role, socio-cultural change. Cite this Article: Andrie Elia, Determinants of the Community's Role in Social, Economic, and Cultural Changes in Palangka Raya, International Journal of Management, 11 (6), 2020, pp. 972-977. http://www.iaeme.com/IJM/issues.asp?JType=IJM&VType=11&IType=6 1. INTRODUCTION Change is something that is sure to happen and will happen and has been experienced by humans since time immemorial. When these changes occur in social problems, we will face many phenomena that occur. In connection with this, if we explore a number of theories about social change, it will get a picture of the process of the fact of change from one period to another, which is influenced by a number of factors surrounding it. In looking at the symptoms of change, some see change as a process, some see change as a form of changing stages, some see it as forming a system and some see it as forming a model. Sociology scientists even explain that changes that occur in human life and are known as social change are changes in the structure of society, because society is seen as a large system in balance (Lauer, 2003). There are also those who see social change as an evolutionary process as stated that changes will continue to occur in human life, whether changes in body or physical shape or changes in social and cultural fields.