The Study of the relationship between Managerial Coaching Skills and Personal Learning in Workplaces – the mediating effect of Psychological Empowerment

• Main Authors: Wan-Bei Jian, 簡琬蓓
• Other Authors: Min-hsun Kuo
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47399342755466525010

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 人力資源管理研究所 === 100 === Nowadays, personal learning in workplaces is a critical issue of being successful in career and self-fulfillment owing to the quick pace of change in environment. Managerial coaching is one of the strategies regarding to learning in the workplace. When a manager displays the coaching skills, he/she will help his/her subordinate to improve performance, and deepen learning. The effectiveness of managerial coaching derived from the action of empowering subordinates. However, according to literature review, the definition of managerial coaching emphasizes the role of coach rather than the acceptance of coachee. Therefore, psychological empowerment will help to realize the two-way relationship between supervisor and subordinate. The research is based on Andragogy Theory. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between managerial coaching skills and employees'' personal learning in workplaces, with psychological empowerment as the mediator. This study collected 309 valued samples from employees who have the direct supervisors in the industry of life insurance. The results revealed that managerial coaching skills had positive effect on psychological empowerment. Moreover, psychological empowerment had positive effect on personal learning in workplaces. At last, the mediating effect existed in the relationship between managerial coaching skills and personal learning in workplaces. Implications for theories and practice are presented.