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Article Evalutation

1. Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Though some seem to be more credible than others, every fact does have a source or is a reference to a good source.
2. Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? Everything remained on topic and refrained from exploring other ideas.
3. Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Due to the content of the article, it being collaborative leadership, there was not much to be biased about.
4. Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? Different sources were used, one that was more so than other was the Harvard Business review which seemed to stay in neutral.
5. If biased, is that bias noted? There was no sense of bias or promotion of one side while leaving another unhinged.
6. Are there viewpoints that are over-represented, or underrepresented? None seem to be over-represented although including an example which further evaluates collaborative leadership may help.
7. Check a few citations. Do the links work? The majority of the links work, the only ones that do not are marked red.
8. Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article? Neither are apparent in the article.
9. Is any information out of date? There is a combination of information throughout the years so some may be dated.
10. Is anything missing that could be added? There are a few things that could be more explored but everything is addressed.

Summary: This article will be useful outside of the classroom and has good information on collaborative leadership. Our group is fairly new to leadership positions so this should increase awareness of steps we can take to improve our roles.

Annotated Bibliography

1. Kalinovich, A. a., & Marrone, J. m. (2017). Shared Leadership: A Primer and Teaching Recommendations for Educators. Journal Of Leadership Education, 16(1), 205-215.

Shared Leadership has been shown to have many benefits on groups and team work, whether that be in a classroom, team or business. It has better results than when there is one leader or if there is an external link whom is giving orders. Productivity and work environment are influenced in a positive manner when there is a high level of collaborative leadership.

2. Torfing, J., & Ansell, C. (2017). Strengthening political leadership and policy innovation through the expansion of collaborative forms of governance. Public Management Review, 19(1), 37-54. doi:10.1080/14719037.2016.1200662

Collaborative leadership increases creative thinking which is limited when there is only one leadership role.

3. Youngs, H. (2017). A critical exploration of collaborative and distributed leadership in higher education: developing an alternative ontology through leadership-as-practice. Journal Of Higher Education Policy & Management, 39(2), 140-154. doi:10.1080/1360080X.2017.1276662

It is believed that the idea of collaborative leadership is quite new has just recently been accepted into the world when it comes it multiple areas that it may be implemented including higher education. Its use has demonstrated to decrease the feeling of dictatorship and authoritarian like leaders resulting in much better working and learning environments

4. Mailhot, C. )., Langley, A. )., Gagnon, S. )., & Binette, L. ). (2016). Distributing leadership across people and objects in a collaborative research project. Leadership, 12(1), 53-85. doi:10.1177/1742715014543578

In this study, results proved the theory that collaborative leadership has many benefits. An emphasis was put on the diversity of the leadership position, with different types of people taking this role together, many innovations were made and different pieces of each person were able to have an influence on the end result.

5. Freund, M. (2017). Shared Leadership. Journal Of Nonprofit Education & Leadership, 7(1), 13-23. doi:10.18666/JNEL-2017-V7-I1-8022

The more difficult managing a group becomes, the more likely it would be that shared leadership can assist in keeping the group task oriented and provide an evolving experience. With collaborative leadership, trust is built as more members of a group are held accountable and everyone has a great role for a common purpose.