AB - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to extend the theoretical understanding

and conceptualization of shared leadership by examining the impact of cognitive

trust as an antecedent of shared leadership. Further, the study examines the
mediating effect of team learning on relationship between shared leadership and
team creativity.Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a mixed method
approach with sequential explanatory research strategy. Using a survey
questionnaire, data from 44 teams were collected at two different time points.
Semistructured interviews were carried out with 22 teams to explain the results
that emerged from the quantitative study.Findings The study found that cognitive
trust positively influences shared leadership. Further, team learning fully
mediates the relationship between shared leadership and team creativity. The major
themes that emerged from the qualitative study are participant's experiences of
shared leadership in team, reasons to exert leadership, reasons to accept
leadership and consequences of shared leadership.Practical implications
Organizations can enhance team creativity by promoting shared leadership in the
organization.Originality/value This study examines the mediating process of team
learning between shared leadership and team creativity. Mixed method approach
adopted in the study explains the shared leadership process by building on both
quantitative and qualitative research.
VL - ahead-of-print
IS - ahead-of-print
SN - 0048-3486
DO - 10.1108/PR-05-2019-0262
UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-05-2019-0262
AU - Lyndon Shiji
AU - Pandey Ashish
AU - Navare Ajinkya
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020/01/01
TI - Shared leadership and team creativity: Investigating the role of cognitive
trust and team learning through mixed method approach
T2 - Personnel Review
Y2 - 2020/08/18
ER -