Title: Partner engagement on university's community service program in Indonesia

Authors: Fitra Lestari; Budi Azwar; Jonnius; M. Arrafie Abduh

Addresses: Department of Industrial Engineering, Sultan Syarif Kasim State Islamic University, Riau, Indonesia ' Department of Islamic Economic, Sultan Syarif Kasim State Islamic University, Riau, Indonesia ' Department of Islamic Economic, Sultan Syarif Kasim State Islamic University, Riau, Indonesia ' Institute for Research and Community Service, Sultan Syarif Kasim State Islamic University, Riau, Indonesia

Abstract: University's community service program is one of the facilitator, catalyst, and mediator in empowering the community. In addition, the mosque is not only a place of ritual worship but also serves for empowering the community. To integrate the programs of university and mosque, there are three partner institutions that collaborate to increase the quality of life society involving village management, non-governmental organisation, and mosque management. The purpose of the study is to determine the response of partner engagement in implementing mosque-based empowerment. This study has a sample of 210 respondents in two universities in Indonesia. The findings show that the response of partner engagement on university B is better than university A. Then, mosque management is selected to be the best partner institution in providing the university's community service program with a mean of 68.69. Further study is suggested to consider the government partner engagement to provide community service by the university.

Keywords: partner engagement; mosque-based empowerment; university's community service program; Indonesia.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPSPM.2022.126241

International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management, 2022 Vol.10 No.2/3, pp.396 - 407

Received: 25 May 2019
Accepted: 03 Mar 2020
Published online: 18 Oct 2022 *

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