Authentic leadership is frequently promoted as a leadership style that responds to the contemporary challenges that leaders face. The current experimental study (n = 66) tested intrapersonal change toward authentic leadership after participation in a nature-based training program that included a stay in remote wilderness without any facilities. Authentic leadership was measured before, immediately after, and 1 year after the training program. All components of authentic leadership increased, namely self-awareness, internalized moral behavior, balanced processing, and relational transparency, with medium to large effect sizes (d ≈ .7). Changes in general personality traits were of a lower magnitude, suggesting that change was specific to authentic leadership, rather than extending into general psychological characteristics. The findings emonstrate that a nature-based training program can increase authentic leadership. Immersion in wilderness is possibly conducive to change in leadership style, and could be considered as a strategy for fostering leadership change.

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基于自然的培训计划可培养真正的领导才能

真正的领导力经常被推广为一种应对领导者所面临的当代挑战的领导方式。当前的实验研究（n = 66）测试了参加基于自然的培训计划（包括在没有任何设施的情况下呆在偏远荒野中）后，个人朝着真正领导的转变。在培训计划之前，之后和之后的一年中测量真实的领导力。真正的领导力的所有组成部分都有所增加，即自我意识，内在的道德行为，平衡的处理和关系的透明性，影响程度从中到大（d≈.7）。一般人格特质的变化幅度较小，这表明变化是针对真实领导者的，而不是扩展到一般心理特征上。调查结果表明，基于自然的培训计划可以增强真实的领导能力。沉浸在荒野中可能有助于改变领导风格，并且可以被视为促进领导变革的策略。