A New Sense of Self: Exploring the Experience of Coaching during a Full Time Master of Business Administration Programme

This study used the interpretative phenomenological analysis approach to explore how five full time Master of Business Administration (FTMBA) students experienced coaching during their studies. Life stage transition was apparent for all five students and coaching was found to help the participants t...

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Main Author: Maria Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Brookes University 2018-06-01
Series:International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
Subjects:
MBA
Online Access:https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/161c5e38-30f5-4b26-bfca-e979f3b59d0c/1/SP12-7%20Maria%20Smith.pdf
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spelling doaj-7ff41380e7b94fa7ac8f5e1616327afe2021-04-02T18:23:14ZengOxford Brookes UniversityInternational Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and MentoringXXXX-XXXX1741-83052018-06-01S12859710.24384/000538A New Sense of Self: Exploring the Experience of Coaching during a Full Time Master of Business Administration ProgrammeMaria Smith0The Open UniversityThis study used the interpretative phenomenological analysis approach to explore how five full time Master of Business Administration (FTMBA) students experienced coaching during their studies. Life stage transition was apparent for all five students and coaching was found to help the participants to deepen their self-awareness and develop a more empowered sense of self. The safe holding space provided by coaching was a key source of support which enabled them to deal with the psychological adjustments inherent in transition and to develop new strategies to realise their future vision. Implications and recommendations for coaching theory and practice are discussed.https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/161c5e38-30f5-4b26-bfca-e979f3b59d0c/1/SP12-7%20Maria%20Smith.pdfinterpretative phenomenological analysistransitionlife stageMBAcoaching
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A New Sense of Self: Exploring the Experience of Coaching during a Full Time Master of Business Administration Programme
International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
interpretative phenomenological analysis
transition
life stage
MBA
coaching
author_facet Maria Smith
author_sort Maria Smith
title A New Sense of Self: Exploring the Experience of Coaching during a Full Time Master of Business Administration Programme
title_short A New Sense of Self: Exploring the Experience of Coaching during a Full Time Master of Business Administration Programme
title_full A New Sense of Self: Exploring the Experience of Coaching during a Full Time Master of Business Administration Programme
title_fullStr A New Sense of Self: Exploring the Experience of Coaching during a Full Time Master of Business Administration Programme
title_full_unstemmed A New Sense of Self: Exploring the Experience of Coaching during a Full Time Master of Business Administration Programme
title_sort new sense of self: exploring the experience of coaching during a full time master of business administration programme
publisher Oxford Brookes University
series International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
issn XXXX-XXXX
1741-8305
publishDate 2018-06-01
description This study used the interpretative phenomenological analysis approach to explore how five full time Master of Business Administration (FTMBA) students experienced coaching during their studies. Life stage transition was apparent for all five students and coaching was found to help the participants to deepen their self-awareness and develop a more empowered sense of self. The safe holding space provided by coaching was a key source of support which enabled them to deal with the psychological adjustments inherent in transition and to develop new strategies to realise their future vision. Implications and recommendations for coaching theory and practice are discussed.
topic interpretative phenomenological analysis
transition
life stage
MBA
coaching
url https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/161c5e38-30f5-4b26-bfca-e979f3b59d0c/1/SP12-7%20Maria%20Smith.pdf
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