The state of play in coaching today: A comprehensive review of the field

International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2010

Volumn 25, Issue , 2010, Pages 125-167

  Grant, Anthony M ^a   Cavanagh, Michael J ^a   Parker, Helen M ^a   Passmore, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coaching and coaching psychology a shared path; Coaching impact on organizations; Coaching psychology emerging psychological subdiscipline; Definitions of coaching view of coaching, relationship between coach and coachee; Executive and workplace coaching; Measuring outcomes of coaching; Organizational demand for coaching and industrial and organizational (I O) psychologists; Professional status of coaching accreditations and industry organizations; Skills, performance and developmental coaching; State of play in coaching today comprehensive review of field

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866842025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470661628.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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