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This study aims to identify the spiritual leadership of Islam among school principals in the State Religious Council Makassar. This study also identifies whether the elements of the school culture in the school environment. A total of 204 teachers from three madrassas Aliyah Negeri (MAN) in the city of Makassar, South Sulawesi Province was selected as the sample. The data in this study were analyzed using SPSS for frequency distribution and mean of each item for each characteristic practice of spiritual leadership in the school principals and school culture elements. From the analysis of the data showed that eight (8) characteristics of leadership practices spiritual has recorded the mean high, namely: (1) faith (trust) (2), piety (3) justice (4) Integrity (5) shura (6) discipline and strength moral (7) service (8) humility. All of the spiritual leadership of Islam recorded a high score of over 2,332. Madrasah cultural elements were found to occur in madrassas Council of State with a mean score of 3,96 until 4,34. Based on the findings, concluded that the practice of the spiritual leadership of Islam and Islamic culture has given great implications on the school principal’s leadership strategy to achieve success and excellence.

While most people who are involved in disaster recover with the support of their families, friends and colleagues, the effect on some people health, relationships and welfare can be extensive and sustained. Flooding can pose substantial social and mental problems that may continue over extended periods of time. Flooding can challenge the psychosocial resilience of the hardiest of people who are affected. Communication skills used in managing disaster to provide emotional support, provide information, giving hope to the victim and help them to cope with anxiety. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between perception toward communication style practiced by relief workers and psychological well-being. This study was carried out among flood victim in Malaysia. The participants were asked to complete communication style and psychological well-being inventory. Data was analysed using of Pearson correlation coefficient. The result showed that communication style and psychological well-being were significantly related. This study provides theoretical contributions to organizational communication research and the literature on disaster management context. On the other hand, the findings provide support for the effects of relationships between communication style and well-being of flood victims.

The purpose of this paper is to discuss about the development of an instrument to measure impression management.Impression management involves attempts to establish the meaning or purpose of social interactions, guides actions and helps us anticipate what to expect from others.Although interest in the area of impression management continues to grow, the lack of a measure that is both grounded in theory and well-suited for organizational use has slowed the progress in this area. The paper is based on a quantitative approach. The data were collected through a survey among 759 respondents.It offers to understand characteristics of impression management in the areas of disaster management in Malaysian organizations.We found four stable dimensions which measure impression management among flood victim in Malaysian contexts.Moreover, scores on the scale developed to measure the impression management criteria yielded excellent validity and reliability estimates.This study provided and presented insights and further understanding of impression management from the indigenous perspective, which allows practitioners to gain in-depth knowledge about the implementation of impression management in an organization.The implications of this research were discussed.