Conceptualizing the Distinctiveness of Team Coaching

Jones, Rebecca, Napiersky, Uwe and Lyubovnikova, Joanne ORCID: 0000-0003-0710-3929 (2019) Conceptualizing the Distinctiveness of Team Coaching. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 34 (2). pp. 62-78.

	Text Jones, Napiersky and Lyubovnikova 2019_accepted PDF.pdf - Author Accepted Manuscript Available under License : See the attached licence file. Download (537kB)
	Text Jones, Napiersky and Lyubovnikova 2019_accepted PDF.pdf - Author Accepted Manuscript Available under License : See the attached licence file. Download (537kB)
	Text MAIN DOCUMENT_R3_FINAL.docx - Author Accepted Manuscript Available under License : See the attached licence file. Download (56kB)

Abstract

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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Training, Teams, Coaching
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	19 May 2020 09:53
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 23:54
DOI:	10.1108/JMP-07-2018-0326
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3083512

Available Versions of this Item

• Conceptualizing the Distinctiveness of Team Coaching. (deposited 15 Jan 2019 09:51)
  • Conceptualizing the Distinctiveness of Team Coaching. (deposited 16 Apr 2020 15:08)
    • Conceptualizing the Distinctiveness of Team Coaching. (deposited 19 May 2020 09:53) [Currently Displayed]