Coaching Psychology: Meta-theoretical perspectives and applications in multicultural contexts

✍ Scribed by Llewellyn E. van Zyl, Marius W. Stander, Aletta Odendaal (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 444
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book offers detailed strategies, methodologies, approaches, practice guidelines, and policy implications effective for professional coaching on the individual, group and organizational level. It details empirical research-based and theoretical perspectives on coaching psychology as well as elaborates upon the fundamentals within multi-cultural contexts. First delivering a general introduction to coaching psychology before going on to examine specific psychological approaches towards coaching. The book also provides a conceptual framework for the use of psychometrics in multi-cultural coaching psychology. Next, the book presents meta-theoretical perspectives and applications for multi-cultural contexts, such as how to enhance leadership with group coaching from a system psychodynamic approach, how coaching can be used to support behavioral engagement and wellbeing, and how to utilize symbolic expressions, art, myths, dreams, and fantasies in coaching. This book provides practical tools towards critical self-reflective practice. Delivering the current state of the art research by presenting psychological coaching strategies theory and practice in one viewpoint. It also informs on the activity of various research approaches, thus interesting the broader student and academic reader. It will help all readers evaluate their current coaching competencies and, in the end, become better coaches. The book will also serve as an ideal resource for psychologists who want to migrate into coaching psychology.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Contextualising Coaching Psychology Within Multi-cultural Contexts....Pages 3-25
Coaching Psychology Research: A Journey of Development in Research....Pages 27-46
The Coach as a Fellow Human Companion....Pages 47-66
Coaching Supervision: Towards a Systemic Coaching Supervision Framework....Pages 67-96
Morality on the Executive’s Couch: Ethical Perspectives on Coaching Psychology, Theory and Praxis....Pages 97-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Exploring the Role of Psychological Ownership in the Coaching Process....Pages 121-142
Coaching and Consulting for Authentic Leadership: A Theoretical Foundation for an Evidence-Based Process Model....Pages 143-170
Appreciative Inquiry Coaching in a Multi-cultural Context....Pages 171-185
An Archetypal Approach to Coaching....Pages 187-203
Systemic Thinking and Transcultural Approaches in Coaching Psychology: Introducing a New Coaching Framework....Pages 205-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
The Coach as a Container in the Team Coaching Process....Pages 233-255
Relationship Among Emotional Intelligence, SOAR, and Team-Based Collaboration: Implications for a Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results (SOAR) Based Approach to Coaching Psychology....Pages 257-278
Strength Coaching as an Enabler of Positive Athlete Outcomes in a Multi-cultural Sport Environment....Pages 279-298
Utilizing Symbolic Expressions, Art, Myths, Dreams and Fantasies in Coaching....Pages 299-314
Exploring Positive Psychology and Person-Centred Psychology in Multi-cultural Coaching....Pages 315-355
Training Emerging Psychologists as Multi-cultural Contextual Coaches....Pages 357-392
Enhancing Evidence-Based Coaching Practice by Developing a Coaching Relationship Competency Framework....Pages 393-415
The Future of Multi-cultural Coaching Psychology....Pages 417-428

✦ Subjects

Consulting - Supervision - Coaching;Cultural Management;Industrial, Organisational and Economic Psychology