In the field of higher education, many institutions utilize traditional leadership frameworks to achieve organizational goals, but research suggests that shared leadership strategies may have positive influences on organizational and student outcomes. Shared leadership has become a topic of increasing interest among scholars in recent years, and…

This article analyzes a study that examined Georgia charter-school teachers' and principals' perceptions of the ideal and actual practices in eight key areas of shared decision making: budgeting, curriculum/instruction, facilitating procedures, goals/visions/mission, operations, staffing, staff development, standards, and their overall impressions…