Leadership is traditionally predominantly defined as a leader centered
and individual activity. Role of colleagueship, the phenomenon of
leadership among colleagues, who might hold relatively equal positions
in an organizational hierarchy, remains underexplored in organization
research. This paper diverges from prevailing leader driven approaches
and emphasizes the role of each colleague at the workplace. The research
question guiding our inquiry is What is known in previous literature on
colleagueship at the workplace Our paper offers the preliminary
findings from a systematic review of extant literature in management and
organization research. Our findings indicate that whilst colleagueship
itself is not researched, it is researched under the terms coworker or
colleague. In addition, colleagueship appears to be indirectly
researched as part of other organizational themes and as an implication
in organizational life. The contribution of our paper is in recognizing
an opportunity to introduce the concept of colleagueship into management
and organization research.