Basics of qualitative research
A Strauss, J Corbin, others Sage 1990
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During the past few years, the growth of an emergent ‘coaching industry’ has resulted in some scholars calling for the development of a genuine coaching profession. Yet contemporary organization development (OD) and human resource development (HRD) practitioners conceive of coaching as an extant core component of their respective field...
This paper presents the lived experiences of eight women academics who were members of a Women’s Group Mentoring Program during a period of rapid change in a university environment. Using a qualitative approach integrated with a participatory action research method, data was generated through the narratives of the group members. The a...
This study adopts a mixed methodology case study approach in order to provide support for the call for a radical re-evaluation of what enables coaching and mentoring within the small and medium sized enterprise (SME) context. The findings highlight the complex and inter–related nature of many of the barriers that hinder practice and s...
This paper explores the relationship between small and medium sized enterprise (SME) organisational culture and its impact on coaching and mentoring through the use of a case study methodology. The impact of culture as a phenomenon and the significance of SMEs themselves is significant. Existing literature is used to focus the correlat...
This paper outlines the potential significance of behaviourism and its impact on developing effective coaching practice. Its purpose is threefold: firstly, it addresses the issues resonating from the critique of behaviourism, which focuses on its limited understanding and application within the coaching community. This is interesting g...
This paper seeks to explore some of the tensions and possibilities for those engaging in coaching and mentoring research, maybe for the first time. The paper highlights the importance of good research into coaching and mentoring and then goes on to consider some of the epistemological options available to the researcher. Following the...
Objectives: Previous studies on the effectiveness of coaching have focused on positive outcomes that clients, coaches and organisational colleagues attribute to engaging in coaching overall. In this study descriptions of critical moments of coaching as experienced by executive coaching clients, their coaches and their sponsors are anal...
Objectives: This paper describes an independently conducted research study to develop appropriate measures and evaluate the coaching/mentoring programme that the London Deanery had been running for over five years. It also aims to explore specific challenges in the evaluation of a large-scale coaching programme and to suggest new solut...
Objectives: This study sought to identify what coaching psychology has to offer young people at risk of developing mental health problems. Design: The study used a semi-structured interview design and self-reflective data analysis within a qualitative approach. Method: Grounded theory was employed to analyse the transcripts and self...
Although transformational learning is widely acknowledged within coaching, little is known about how such learning could be achieved in practice through coaching. Even less is known about how transformation can be achieved within a short period of time. This article reports on research that explores whether transformational shifts in the ...
This paper explores a new domain of coaching: group coaching for creativity. Despite increasing research on creativity literacy, rarely do we talk about the motivation to be creative. Many people don’t believe in their creative potential and they lack the confidence to start exploring their creativity. Group coaching can cultivate creativ...
Coaching supervision is a prerequisite for accreditation of executive coaches by coaching associations in the UK. However, there is still considerable skepticism, caution, even ignorance about the nature and purpose of coaching supervision and many coaches do not engage. The aim of this action research was to explore what happens in the c...
This paper presents the findings from the study of a unique coaching situation. Coachees currently accessing mental health services and members of Converge (see below) were paired with undergraduate coaching students for time-limited coaching. Participants took part in semi-structured interviews. Transcripts were analysed using Interpreti...
What do we know from qualitative research in coaching and mentoring about client attributes that may be important to effectiveness?
Coaching supervision is now a prerequisite for accreditation of executive coaches by coaching associations in the UK. However, there is still considerable scepticism, caution, even ignorance about the nature and purpose of coaching supervision and many coaches still do not engage in this practice. The aim of this Action Research Project ...
This research project was undertaken as a response to the compelling need for coaching to firmly establish itself as a profession of the highest standing. Supervision has been a way of ensuring best practice for the helping professions since the beginning of the twentieth century. The practice of coaching supervision is a new field of app...
Motivational Interviewing-via-Co-Active Life Coaching (MI-via-CALC) was investigated as a possible behaviour intervention for adolescents who experience stressors in their lives. The strength of this constructivist grounded theory (CGT) study was its potential to explain what eventuated from the adolescents’ experience of MI-via-CALC. Of ...
A multi-dimensional perspective emerged from this qualitative investigation of coaching presence pertaining to a coach's focus and behaviors during a coaching session. The qualitative methodology was informed by grounded theory and employed sensitising concepts derived from Wilber's quadrant framework. Data came from semi-structured in...