“…Shared leadership, a “group process in which leadership is shared among and stems from team members” (Pearce & Sims, 2002, p. 172), is discussed as a modern form of team management (Pearce, Manz, & Sims, 2008; Rossing, 1999). Shared leadership has recently gained increased attention from scholars and practitioners (e.g., Carson, Tesluk, & Marrone, 2007; Contractor, DeChurch, Carson, Carter, & Keegan, 2012; Gupta, Huang, & Niranjan, 2010; Hmieleski, Cole, & Baron, 2011; Mehra, Smith, Dixon, & Robertson, 2006; Pearce, Hoch, Jeppesen, & Wegge, 2010; Pearce & Sims, 2002; Ramthun & Matkin, 2012, 2014).…”