Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to explore the developmental journey of coaching research. The paper suggests that coaching research, like other areas, has migrated through a number of phases. It started with case study papers (phase 1) which largely looked at individuals or individual organizations from the perspective of the coach (usually a consultant). The second and third phases (phase 2 and 3) were more qualitative in nature, and included surveys and more sophisticated approaches such as grounded theory. The next phase (phase 4) has been the growth in randomised control trails. These papers have offered stronger evidence about the efficacy of coaching as an intervention. More recently (phase 5) there have been a number of meta-analysis papers published.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Coaching Psychology: Meta-theoretical perspectives and applications in multi-cultural contexts |
| Editors | L.E. van Zyl, M.W. Stander, A. Oodendal |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 27 |
| Number of pages | 46 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |