identifying the critical success factors for coaching in organizations with a meta-synthesis approach: providing a model
Subject Areas :Sajad Gharloghi 1 , Abasalt Khorasani 2 , Gholamreza Shams Moorkani 3 , Behrooz Ghelichlee 4
1 - Shahid Beheshti University
2 - Shahid Beheshti University
3 - Shahid Beheshti University
4 - Shahid Beheshti University
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to identify the key factors of coaching success in the organization. This study also provides a comprehensive model for coaching success factors.This study was conducted in the framework of a qualitative approach meta-synthesis methode with the seven-step approach of Sandolowski and Barso (2009). The study population of the present study includes all Persian and English researches and studies published in the field of coaching between 2000 and 2020. In this regard, keywords related to the purpose of the research were searched. Then, the obtained articles and documents were examined using purposive sampling method, according to the acceptance criteria. Finally, 25 articles that met the inclusion criteria were studied. They were analyzed using three-step coding method (open, axial, selective). The reliability of the codings was confirmed using the kappa agreement coefficient in SPSS software with a value of 0.75 and to evaluate the validity of the study, the findings were provided to two qualitative research experts. Based on the results of data analysis, 129 open codes were identified, which were classified into 6 categories and 23 sub-categories, which include professional coaching competency (perceptual skills, communication skills, technical skills, knowledge And experience, personality and moral characteristics, professional credibility), cochee conditions and characteristics (desire and motivation, personal characteristics, commitment and responsibility, cognitive skills, knowledge and competency, organizational position), Coaching process (planning and organizing, evaluation methods), relationship quality (relationship level, cooperation and agreement, mutual respect and trust, professional learning), organizational context (support of top managers, organizational culture, structural And strategic factors) and external context (cultural factors, environmental factors).
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