Do we need alliance factor definitions unique to coaching? Clients’ operational definitions of research-based definitions

Vague definitional descriptors of the Coaching Alliance Common Factor measurement threaten construct validity in coaching research. Further, differing coach and client perceptions of the helping relationship, and coaching and therapeutic client dissimilarities compound the risk. Ten clients represen...

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Main Author: Mercedes L. Lopez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Brookes University 2017-02-01
Series:International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
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Online Access:https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/d3481ef1-cf69-49d9-9300-c2898bf45030/1/fulltext.pdf