Title: Taking charge through shared leadership: a case of higher educational institutions

Authors: Tehreem Fatima; Ahmad Raza Bilal; Muhammad Kashif Imran

Addresses: Lahore Business School, The University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus, Pakistan ' Faculty of Business, Sohar University, Sohar, Oman ' Department of Management Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan

Abstract: This investigation showcased shared leadership as a precursor of taking charge through underlying mechanism of job control, building on the complexity theory. The data were analysed by employing multiple mediation analysis, using 202 valid responses faculty members working in public sector higher educational institutions through cluster sampling. Our result indicates important contributory role of job control between shared leadership and taking charge behaviours. The findings offer implications for higher educational institutions on individual, group and organisation-wide level to improve the quality of services and combat with the prevalent challenges. Theoretically this study suggests new insights into the contextual antecedents and mediating mechanisms of taking charge behaviours.

Keywords: change oriented extra-role behaviours; shared leadership; taking charge; job control.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2020.108000

International Journal of Management in Education, 2020 Vol.14 No.4, pp.379 - 400

Received: 21 Feb 2019
Accepted: 07 Jun 2019
Published online: 01 Jul 2020 *

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