Coaching: Exploring a practice

Le coaching: exploration d’une pratique

Magali Ayache (magali.ayache@cyu.fr) and Hervé Dumez
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Magali Ayache: THEMA - Théorie économique, modélisation et applications - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CY - CY Cergy Paris Université
Hervé Dumez: CRG I3 - Centre de recherche en gestion i3 - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - Université Paris-Saclay - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The market for coaching is thriving. On the basis of interviews with coaches (self-employed, in group practices or working in firms) completed with a nonparticipant observation of two sessions of group mentoring, questions are raised about the paradox of a practice that lacks any theoretical grounds or might refer to a multitude of approaches (psychology, neurosciences, etc.) but that is tightly organized (a dozen sessions, two of them with three parties: the coach, the coached person and a company representative). The hypothesis is formulated that the explanation of this paradox might lie in the commercial nature of the coaching relationship, which explains its tight organization while being consistent with the many approaches left open for the coach's activity.

Keywords: Coaching; market; paradox; coaching; marché; paradoxe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-09
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Published in Gérer et Comprendre. Annales des Mines, 2021, 145, pp.46-54. ⟨10.3917/geco1.145.0046⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/geco1.145.0046

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