Abstract
Background: Coaching is increasingly viewed as a dyadic exchange of verbal and non-verbal interactions driving clients' progress. Yet, little is known about how the trajectory of dyadic interactions plays out in workplace coaching.
Method: This paper provides a multiple-step exploratory investigation of movement synchrony (MS) of dyads in workplace coaching. We analyzed a publicly available dataset of 173 video-taped dyads. Specifically, we averaged MS per session/dyad to explore the temporal patterns of MS across (a) the cluster of dyads that completed 10 sessions, and (b) a set of 173 dyadic interactions with a varied number of sessions. Additionally, we linked that pattern to several demographic predictors. The results indicate a differential downward trend of MS.
Results: Demographic factors do not predict best fitting MS curve types, and only client age and coach experience show a small but significant correlation.
Discussion: We provide contextualized interpretations of these findings and propose conceptual considerations and recommendations for future coaching process research and practice.
Method: This paper provides a multiple-step exploratory investigation of movement synchrony (MS) of dyads in workplace coaching. We analyzed a publicly available dataset of 173 video-taped dyads. Specifically, we averaged MS per session/dyad to explore the temporal patterns of MS across (a) the cluster of dyads that completed 10 sessions, and (b) a set of 173 dyadic interactions with a varied number of sessions. Additionally, we linked that pattern to several demographic predictors. The results indicate a differential downward trend of MS.
Results: Demographic factors do not predict best fitting MS curve types, and only client age and coach experience show a small but significant correlation.
Discussion: We provide contextualized interpretations of these findings and propose conceptual considerations and recommendations for future coaching process research and practice.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 845394 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-17 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Frontiers in Psychology |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | April |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We acknowledge the contributions of Institute of Coaching, a Harvard Medical School Affiliate, ICF, EMCC, WBECS, and all individuals that supported the recruitment process in the data collection phase. The content of this manuscript forms part of a Ph.D. thesis; the source of which is listed in the reference list.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Erdös and Jansen.
Funding
We acknowledge the contributions of Institute of Coaching, a Harvard Medical School Affiliate, ICF, EMCC, WBECS, and all individuals that supported the recruitment process in the data collection phase. The content of this manuscript forms part of a Ph.D. thesis; the source of which is listed in the reference list.
Keywords
- coaching process
- demographics
- movement synchrony
- non-verbal interactional processes
- number of sessions