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Croft, Charlotte, McGivern, Gerry, Currie, Graeme, Lockett, Andy and Spyridonidis, Dimitrios (2022) Unified divergence and the development of collective leadership. Journal of Management Studies, 59 (2). pp. 460-488. doi:10.1111/joms.12744

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Abstract

What is collective leadership and how is it developed? Despite growing interest in collective leadership its definition, and understandings of the contextually situated process through which it develops, are limited. We draw on a five-year longitudinal study to explain how collective leadership develops through ongoing negotiations between strategic ambiguity and reification. We delineate between directed work, collective work, and collective leadership to bring conceptual and definitional clarity to the field. We develop a process model to explain how contextual conditions influence the development of collective leadership. Introducing the concepts of accommodated divergence, directed convergence, and unified divergence we show how interorganizational collaborations can move from collective work to collective leadership. We argue that “unified divergence” enables us to provide a more precise conceptual definition of collective leadership, which we define as: the interaction of strategic ambiguity and inward- and outward-facing reification practices, resulting in agreed collective aims, alignment and coordination of activities, commitment to collective success, and the maintenance of divergent perspectives.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Leadership, Strategic planning
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Management Studies
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 0022-2380
Official Date: March 2022
Dates:
DateEvent
March 2022Published
30 June 2021Available
24 June 2021Accepted
Volume: 59
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 460-488
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12744
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Croft, C., McGivern, G., Currie, G., Lockett, A. and Spyridonidis, D. (2021), Unified divergence and the development of collective leadership. Journal of Management Studies, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12744. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions."
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UNSPECIFIEDNational Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West MidlandsUNSPECIFIED
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