A systematic review of the conceptualization, interpretation, and implementation of shared governance in post-secondary contexts

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Figure 1. PRISMA flow diagram.

Table 1. Overview of shared governance themes and definitions.

5 Main Themes of Shared Governance	Definition of Shared Governance Theme
Interested Parties	Who is included
Characteristics of Leaders	Qualities and characteristics of leaders
Principles and Values	Orienting principles and values
Processes	Decision-making mechanisms and procedures to enshrine stated values
Models	Holistic combinations of governance structures (e.g. decision-making bodies) and processes

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#	Searches	Results
1	((Inclusive* or equity or relational or pluralis* or diaspor* or autonomy or consensus or decoloniz* or decolonis* or ‘culturally sustain*’ or contested or radical or shared) adj4 governance).tw,kf.	869
2	((Indigenous or aboriginal or ‘first nation*’ or metis or inuit or traditional or tribal) adj4 (governance or constitutionalism)).tw,kf.	165
3	(‘nothing for us’ or ‘nothing about us’ or ‘nothing without us’ or ‘parallel path’ or ‘parallel paths’).tw,kf.	260
4	‘students as partners’.tw,kf.	47
5	(Student* adj2 participat* adj4 governance).tw,kf.	1
6	or/1–5	1323
7	exp Faculty/	39,029
8	Universities/	50,621
9	exp Education, Medical/	182,012
10	(faculty or faculties or academic* or academia or scholar* or ‘higher education’ or postsecondary or ‘post-secondary’ or ‘tertiary education’ or universit* or college*).tw,kf.	804,800
11	(medical adj3 education).tw,kf.	68,752
12	(research adj2 (team* or committee* or collaborative* or office*)).tw,kf.	23,672
13	(community adj2 (partnership* or engagement)).tw,kf.	8089
14	or/7-13	1,011,839
15	6 and 14	231