ABSTRACT To enhance the value of coaching provision, coaching sessions are assessed as part of the accreditation of coaches by professional bodies and through the selection of coaches for programmes in organisations. However, the idea of the quality of a coaching session and a valid standpoint from which such an assessment can be made, remain problematic. Using constructivist grounded theory, this study explores how coaching sessions are perceived by three parties: clients, coaches and groups of coaches acting as observers. Analysis of the multiple perspectives on each of six sessions shows a significant discrepancy between them supporting the relevance of the Rashomon effect in coaching, based on Kurosawa’s (1950) film, ‘Rashomon’ in which different witnesses provide conflicting accounts of the same events. The study questions the practice of prioritising first or third-person perspectives when the quality of a coaching session is assessed and addresses the potential implications of the identified issues for coaches, assessors and educators of coaching.

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教练课程认知中的罗生门效应及其对质量评估的意义：一项扎根的理论研究

摘要为了提高教练提供的价值，教练课程被评估为专业机构对教练的认可的一部分，并通过选择组织计划中的教练来进行。然而，关于教练课程的质量以及可以进行这种评估的有效立场的想法仍然存在问题。本研究使用建构主义的扎根理论，探索了三个方面如何看待教练课程：客户，教练和充当观察员的教练组。根据黑泽泽（1950年）的电影《罗生蒙》（Rashomon），对六个环节中每一个环节的多种观点进行的分析表明，两者之间存在很大的差异，这支持了罗生蒙效应在教练中的相关性，其中不同的目击者对同一事件的叙述是相互矛盾的。