Exploring shared leadership in public organizations: evidence from the educational arena ; Explorando el liderazgo compartido en las organizaciones públicas: evidencias de la arena educativa ; Explorando a liderança compartilhada em organizações públicas: evidências da arena educacional

Collective leadership, reflecting the representative and participatory character of bureaucracies, is known to have a good fi t 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. ; El liderazgo compartido, que refleja el carácter representativo y participativo de las organizaciones públicas, es reconocido por su adecuación a este tipo de burocracia. Sin embargo, a pesar de la importancia del tema, pocos son los estudios han examinado que desencadena la aparición del liderazgo compartido o participativo en las organizaciones públicas y como estas formas plurales de liderazgo se traducen en resultados organizacionales. Para llenar esta brecha, exploramos como la existencia de un clima organizacional caracterizado por la seguridad participativa (un clima determinado por propósito compartido, apoyo social y voz) puede facilitar estilos de colectivos de liderazgo, como el liderazgo compartido. además, investigamos si el liderazgo puede tener impacto sobre un importante indicador organizacional: rotación ...