Purpose: Team coaching (TC) is a popular new addition to the team learning and development toolkit. However, the conceptualization of TC and the distinction between TC, team training, team development and team building interventions remains unclear. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach: The authors address this significant gap by abductively exploring how TC is conceptualised in practice (n=410). The authors survey practitioners engaged in delivering TC to ask how they would define TC and distinguish it from other team interventions. Findings: A thematic analysis of the data reveals eight themes, which can be used to define TC and illustrate areas of overlap and distinctiveness with other team interventions. Research limitations/implications: The absence of a clearly defined construct is hindering the development of a rigorous theory of TC. The contribution of the paper is, therefore, a clear and comprehensive definition of TC, which can be used by researchers and practitioners alike when working within the domain of TC. Originality/value: The paper provides the first systematic exploration of a definition of TC in relation to alternative team interventions. By utilising an abductive approach in the research, the authors are able to capitalise on practitioner experience in this practice-led field.

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概念化团队教练的独特性

目的：团队教练（TC）是团队学习和开发工具包中流行的新增功能。但是，技术合作的概念以及技术合作，团队培训，团队发展和团队建设干预之间的区别仍然不清楚。本文旨在讨论这些问题。设计/方法/方法：作者通过归纳探讨在实践中如何概念化TC（n = 410）来解决这一重大差距。作者调查从事TC的从业人员，询问他们如何定义TC并将其与其他团队干预区分开。调查结果：对数据的主题分析揭示了八个主题，可用于定义TC并说明与其他团队干预措施重叠和独特的领域。研究局限/含义：缺乏明确定义的结构阻碍了严格的TC理论的发展。因此，本文的贡献是对TC的清晰而全面的定义，研究人员和从业人员在TC领域工作时均可使用。原创性/价值：本文提供了与其他团队干预相关的TC定义的首次系统探索。通过在研究中采用归纳法，作者能够利用该实践主导领域中从业者的经验。本文提供了与其他团队干预相关的TC定义的首次系统探索。通过在研究中采用归纳法，作者能够利用该实践主导领域中从业者的经验。本文提供了与其他团队干预相关的TC定义的首次系统探索。通过在研究中采用归纳法，作者能够利用该实践主导领域中从业者的经验。