The present framework was developed by reviewing relevant existing literature, abstracting critical concepts and evaluating relevant studies to make propositions regarding the relationships between these concepts. This resulted in the proposed integrated framework for understanding the collective leadership process. Once the framework was developed, potential studies were proposed for testing components of the framework. There are several important contributions emerging from this effort. The report provides a review of relevant existing theories that can be used to understand how collective leadership might operate. Based on this review a framework of collective leadership was developed and propositions were made for the relationships between concepts in the collective leadership framework.