Executive coaching in practice: What determines helpfulness for clients of coaching?

Personnel Review

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-44

  de Haan, Erik ^a   Culpin, Vicki ^a   Curd, Judy ^a  

^a HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coaching; Interpersonal relations; Management development; Management effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650220534     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481111095500     Document Type: Article

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