The effectiveness of alternative coaching approaches on the confidence of coaches with postgraduate qualifications

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dc.contributor.authorMashele, Amukelani Bertha
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-22T12:16:35Z
dc.date.available2022-09-22T12:16:35Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management (in Business and Executive Coaching), 2021en_ZA
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa is the largest provider of coaches in Africa and fifth largest in the world. It is important that coaches produced in the country are confident in their coaching skills. The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of one-on-one coaching, peer coaching and coaching supervision in improving the confidence of postgraduate coaches at an academic institution in South Africa. The three coaching approaches were explored under the social cognitive, transformative and experiential learning theories. This research was cross-sectional; it identified with a social constructivism worldview following an interpretive approach which used a qualitative method to explore, in-depth, the different subjective understandings held by the participants. Primary data was sourced in the form of semi-structured interviews with 12 postgraduate coaches who had graduated from a coaching programme. A thematic analysis process was employed to analyse the data. It uncovered four main themes with 18 sub-themes. The key findings indicated that all three coaching approaches had different learnings that could be incorporated with the learning theories of Bandura’s social cognitive, Mezirow’s transformative learning and Kolb’s experiential learning. However, coaching supervision was perceived to be the most effective coaching approach in improving the confidence of postgraduate coaches. All three coaching approaches have value to offer for different conditions. Academic institutions offering coaching programmes should continue to invest more resources towards coaching supervision in order to enhance the confidence of postgraduate coaches, not disregarding, however, that practice makes perfecten_ZA
dc.description.librarianCK2022en_ZA
dc.facultyFaculty of Commerce, Law and Managementen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/33290
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.schoolWits Business Schoolen_ZA
dc.subjectCoaching effectiveness
dc.subjectConfidence
dc.subjectOne-on-one coaching
dc.subjectPeer coaching
dc.subjectCoaching supervision
dc.subjectLearning theory
dc.subject.otherSDG-8: Decent work and economic growth
dc.titleThe effectiveness of alternative coaching approaches on the confidence of coaches with postgraduate qualificationsen_ZA
dc.typeDissertationen_ZA
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