The Influence Of Character: Does Personality Impact Coaching Success?
Stewart, Palmer, Wilin, Kerrin, 2008
Short summary: This study explores whether personality traits in the client are a predictor of successful coaching. A number of personality traits from the 5-factor model plus ‘self-efficacy’ were related to (sustainable) transfer of coaching. The results show that there are significant links between personality traits and (sustainable) transfer of coaching. However, the correlations are relatively low. This means that the personal personality characteristics are not a good predictor of (sustainable) transfer of coaching. The researchers therefore argue that whether or not to ‘assign’ coaching to people on the basis of the personality characteristics (based on the 5-factor model) is not useful, but that certain outcomes on the measured characteristics do indicate additional support interventions to make the coaching effective.
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Published in: International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring Vol. 6 No. 1 2008
Research type: Quantitative
Number of participants: 110
Control group: No
Keywords: Personality Traits, Five Factor Model, Transfer of Coaching
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