Molekwa, Solomon Molefi2024-07-252024-07-252023Molekwa, Solomon Molefi. (2023). The impact of manager-employee coaching relationship and self-leadership on performance behaviours of corporate graduate interns in a South African telecommunications company [Master’s dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WireDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/39861https://hdl.handle.net/10539/39861A research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management in Business and Executive Coaching to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023The objective of the study was to evaluate the impact of the manager-employee coaching relationship and self-leadership practice on the performance of corporate graduate interns. The study employed a post-positivist paradigm and a quantitative approach. Through an online Qualtrics questionnaire, data was gathered from a sample size of 200 corporate graduate interns. Data analysis method that was adopted was regression analysis to test hypotheses. The results demonstrated a significant positive impact between self-leadership skills practice and performance behaviours of corporate graduate interns. The hypothesis that the perceived quality of a manager-employee coaching relationship impacts positively on the performance behaviours of corporate graduate interns was not supported. The key message from this study is that the self-leadership coaching is critical for the development and growth of corporate graduate interns. Leadership that practices coaching is vital for supporting employees to develop and practice self- leadership skills, which impact positively on their development of desired job- related performance behavioursen© 2023 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.Self-leadershipSelf-leadership strategiesSelf-efficacyShared leadershipManagerial coachingEmployee developmentUCTDSDG-8: Decent work and economic growthDissertationUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg