ABSTRACT

Context-sensitivity appears to be a key factor in developing the knowledge base of coaching as a change process. As an alternative perspective to the more widely held cause–effect explanations on coaching, this view puts the focus on clients and their contexts as integral to understanding how coaching might work and why it is effective. In response to general limitations of quantitative and mixed-method approaches to understanding the contribution of client factors and contextual factors in coaching effectiveness, our systematic meta-synthesis of 110 peer-reviewed qualitative studies identifies the client factors and contextual conditions that have been proposed to affect when and how clients engage in effective coaching. In mapping clients’ intrapersonal and interpersonal dynamics in coaching, the Integrative Relationship Model introduced in this meta-synthesis interprets the possible influence of these dynamics on clients’ change process through the uniquely integrative lens of qualitative studies. This integrative perspective appears necessary to give quantitative researchers future directions in how to investigate coaching effectiveness.

摘要

情境敏感性似乎是发展教练知识库作为变革过程的关键因素。作为对教练的更广泛持有的因果解释的另一种观点，这种观点将重点放在客户及其背景上，作为理解教练如何运作以及为什么有效的组成部分。为了应对定量和混合方法在理解客户因素和背景因素对教练有效性的贡献方面的普遍局限性，我们对 110 项同行评审定性研究的系统综合综合确定了客户因素和背景条件，这些因素和背景条件已被提议用于影响客户参与有效辅导的时间和方式。在绘制客户在教练中的内在和人际关系动态时，本元综合中引入的综合关系模型通过定性研究的独特综合视角解释了这些动态对客户变化过程的可能影响。这种综合观点似乎有必要为定量研究人员提供如何调查教练有效性的未来方向。