Beschreibung:
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<jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Purpose</jats:title>
<jats:p>The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of online self-leadership training (OSLT) in promoting leaders’ self-leadership skills and recovery experiences.</jats:p>
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<jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title>
<jats:p>A non-randomized controlled trial was conducted under two conditions: a standardized seven-week OSLT (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 43) and a control without any intervention (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 42). All participants (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 85) completed standardized questionnaires measuring self-reported self-leadership skills and recovery experiences. Additionally, participants in the intervention group were assigned to invite one team member each (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 26) to assess their leaders’ pre-post self-leadership skills and pre-post leader–member exchange.</jats:p>
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<jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Findings</jats:title>
<jats:p>Significant interaction effects of time and group and increases in the OSLT group (t1 vs t2) in self-leadership skills (cognitive and natural reward strategies) and recovery experiences (detachment and relaxation) indicated the effectiveness of OSLT training. Significant improvements in self-leadership skills and leader–member exchange were reported by team members of leaders in the OSLT group.</jats:p>
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<jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Originality/value</jats:title>
<jats:p>To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study was the first to examine the effectiveness of OSLT for leaders in business contexts in a controlled before-after intervention design. The findings of this study revealed improvements in self-leadership skills and recovery experience because of OSLT.</jats:p>
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