Coaching Psychology: Meta-theoretical perspectives and applications in multicultural contexts
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 perspe
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hing Psychology: Meta-theoretical perspectives and applications in multicultural contexts
Coaching Psychology: Meta-theoretical perspectives and applications in multicultural contexts
Llewellyn E. van Zyl • Marius W. Stander Aletta Odendaal Editors
Coaching Psychology: Meta-theoretical perspectives and applications in multicultural contexts
Editors Llewellyn E. van Zyl Optentia Research Focus Area, Department of Industrial Psychology, School for Behavioural Sciences North-West University Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
Marius W. Stander Optentia Research Focus Area, Department of Industrial Psychology, School for Behavioural Sciences North-West University Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
Aletta Odendaal Department of Industrial Psychology & People Management University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
ISBN 978-3-319-31010-7 ISBN 978-3-319-31012-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31012-1
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Foreword
It is almost a cliché these days to describe coaching as being a dynamic crossdisciplinary approach to creating purposeful positive change. But that’s the fact. Coaching has become a widely used and highly valued change methodology; one that is increasingly evidence-based and theoretically grounded – and one that is more and more being used on a worldwide basis. Despite the global interest in using coaching methodologies, there has been relatively little discussion about the use of coaching psychology in cross-cultural environments. It is this context that makes this book an important and useful contribution to the coaching literature. The core of any emerging discipline is its theoretical foundation. Coaching psychology is informed by a broad range of theoretical
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