Supervision of workplace coaching and factors impacting upon it: Insights and open questions from the German-speaking countries

Abstract

This study investigates the supervision of workplace coaches and factors that may influence its use. Drawing on the theory of planned behaviour and focusing on German-speaking countries, we conducted an online survey with open and closed questions to gather the experiences and perspectives of 121 coaching practitioners. Most coaches used supervision, though somewhat irregularly, in different forms and with different focuses, and less than what they thought ideal. A positive attitude impacted positively upon supervision use. Perceived time and cost involved, and prior experiences with supervision also appear to influence supervision use, while coaching association membership had no impact.

Keywords

• coaching supervision