Evaluating leadership coaching: A review and integrated framework

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 585-599

  Ely, Katherine ^a   Boyce, Lisa A ^b   Nelson, Johnathan K ^a   Zaccaro, Stephen J ^a   Hernez Broome, Gina ^c   Whyman, Wynne ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^c University of the Rockies   (United States)

^d Leadership Consultant ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coaching; Leadership development; Training evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956268296     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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