TY  - JOUR
TI  - A large-scale study of executive and workplace coaching: The relative contributions of relationship, personality match, and self-efficacy.
AU  - de Haan, E.
AU  - Grant, A.
AU  - Burger, Y.
AU  - Eriksson, P.
AB  - This large-scale study of executive coaching explores the perceived effectiveness of coaching from the perspectives of coach, coachee, and sponsor, and potential active ingredients including the coach–coachee working alliance, coachee self-efficacy, personality, and “personality match” between coach and coachee. Using a retrospective design, data was collected from 1,895 client–coach pairs (366 different coaches) from 34 countries, and 92 sponsors, for a total of 3,882 matching surveys. Results indicate that coachee perceptions of coaching effectiveness (CE) were significantly related to both coach- and coachee-rated strength of the working alliance and to coachee self-efficacy but unrelated to coachee or coach personality and to personality matching. The coachee–coach working alliance mediated the impact of self-efficacy on CE, suggesting that the strength of this working alliance—particularly as seen through the eyes of the coachee—is a key ingredient in CE. In addition, a strong emphasis on goals in the working alliance can partially compensate for low coachee self-efficacy. The task and goal aspects of the working alliance were stronger predictors of positive CE than the bond aspects, highlighting the importance of a task and goal focus in the coach–coachee relationship.
IS  - 3
JO  - Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research
PY  - 2016
DO  - 10.1037/cpb0000058
KW  - executive coaching
KW  - Coaching
KW  - personality
KW  - Self-efficacy
KW  - Interpersonal Relationships
SP  - 189
EP  - 207
UR  - psycnet.apa.org/journals/cpb/68/3/189/
VL  - 68
LA  - English
ER  -