The differential effects of solution-focused and problem-focused coaching questions: A pilot study with implications for practice

Industrial and Commercial Training

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-111

  Grant, Anthony M ^a   O'Connor, Sean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coaching; Problem solving; Solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949333512     PISSN: 00197858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00197851011026090     Document Type: Article

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