... communication. Challenging this, we integrate social comparison theory to explore how and why small talk among gig workers can have a meaningful impact on their self-leadership. Design/methodology/approach We extracted small talk texts from three privately established online chat groups in China...

...Lianghua Zhang; Yongli Wang; Dong Guoqing; Hailing Lu Purpose Self-leadership’s positive interpersonal influence is rarely considered in empirical research despite its significance to organizational social dynamics. Thus, this study aims to investigate self-leadership’s interpersonal effects...

... receives extensive multidisciplinary discussion, without a great deal of empirical research given the challenge of assessing actual self‐talk. The purpose of this paper is to advance research and theory on self‐leadership by examining leader self‐talk and its relationship to effectiveness and strain...

...Kristina Hauschildt; Udo Konradt Purpose The purpose of this present study is to extend previous research on self‐leadership by investigating the relationship between self‐leadership and work role performance of team members, including individual task and team member proficiency, adaptivity...