Shared leadership theory

Authors

Craig L. Pearce, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Jay A. Conger, Claremont McKenna College
Edwin A. Locke, University of Maryland

Date of this Version

6-2007

Comments

Published in The Leadership Quarterly 18:3 (June 2007), pp. 281–288; doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2007.03.009 Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Inc. Used by permission.

Abstract

Edwin Locke contributed a chapter to the critique section of Craig Pearce and Jay Conger’s (2003a) edited book, Shared Leadership: Reframing the Hows and Whys of Leadership, published by Sage. In this letter exchange, they continue their dialogue on this important topic. They focus in particular on clarifying what each means by “shared leadership” and on what shared leadership can and should look like at the top of organizations.