Shared Leadership: Towards a Theoretical Moderation Framework in Information Systems Project Teams

Qiong Wu, Kathryn Cormican and Suzana Sampaio
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Qiong Wu: School of Business, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao, China
Kathryn Cormican: Lero - the Irish Software Research Centre, School of Engineering, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Suzana Sampaio: Department of Computer Science, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

International Journal of Information Technology Project Management (IJITPM), 2021, vol. 12, issue 3, 50-63

Abstract: Shared leadership refers to an emergent, collective team process where leadership is distributed among and stems from team members, rather than a single designated leader. While shared leadership has gained considerable attention in the literature in recent years, it has received little attention in information systems (IS) project teams. In this study, a theoretical moderation framework in IS project teams that portrays the positive relationship between shared leadership and IS project success is presented. Moreover, project-centered moderators (i.e., project complexity and project task interdependence) and team-centered moderators (i.e., team autonomy and team supportive culture) have been proposed to influence the shared leadership-IS project success relationship. This study proposes that this relationship is stronger when projects are more complex and more interdependent, and when teams have a higher level of autonomy and supportive culture.

Date: 2021
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