Social Capital and Community Motivation in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara as Determining Factors in the Welfare Transformation Process

This research aims to (1) Analyze the influence of social capital, which is directly related to community welfare in Labuan Bajo, and (2) Analyze the influence of motivation, which is directly related to the welfare of society in Labuan Bajo. The approach method used is the Explanatory Sequential Mixed Method, wherein the quantitative phase 1, data was taken from 310 respondents with a structured questionnaire for 2 weeks in Labuan Bajo, and continued with the qualitative phase 2, with Focus Group Discussion and in-depth interviews with 10 representative respondents. The findings of this research are that social capital and motivation significantly affect the transformation of community welfare in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai, and East Nusa Tenggara.