Exploring shared leadership in public organizations

Evidence from the educational arena

Bibliographic Data

ID21381667
AuthorsJuliana Carvalho (0000-0001-8434-7594, Fundação Getulio Vargas), Filipe Sobral (0000-0002-9900-9464, Fundação Getulio Vargas), Juliana Mansur (0000-0002-7525-0691, Fundação Getulio Vargas)
Year2020
Volume54
Issue3
Pages524-544
Publication date2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Administração Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-7612 • E-ISSN: 1982-3134
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0034-761220190319x
OpenAlexW3037596991
SCIELO_PIDS0034-76122020000300524
LanguageEN
References cited68

Collective leadership, reflecting the representative and participatory character of bureaucracies, is known to have a good fit for public organizations. Despite the importance of the topic, very few studies have examined what triggers the emergence of shared or participative leadership in public organizations and how these plural forms of leadership translate into team outcomes. To fill this gap, this study explores whether the existence of an organizational climate characterized by participative safety (a climate characterized by shared purpose, social support, and voice) can facilitate the emergence of collective forms of leadership, such as shared leadership. Further, we investigate if shared leadership ultimately influences an important organizational outcome: voluntary turnover. To test our model, we conducted a field study with 96 public schools and more than 1,000 teachers of the public educational system of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Our results highlight the importance of the existence of a favorable organizational climate for the emergence of shared leadership and provide evidence of the positive effects of this type of leadership on reducing turnover ratings among public teachers

Bureaucracy · Citizen journalism · Leadership studies · Leadership style · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Shared leadership · Sociology · Transactional leadership · E-Government and Public Services · Public Policy and Administration Research

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