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Exploring the contemporary ethical challenges in coaching psychology in South Africa

  • Authors: Simon, Claire Elaine
  • Date: 2012-10-30
  • Subjects: Personal coaching - Moral and ethical aspects , Mentoring in business , Employees - Coaching of , Motivation (Psychology) , Industrial psychologists - Professional ethics
  • Type: Mini-Dissertation
  • Identifier: uj:10476 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7948
  • Description: M.Phil. , The primary objective of this research study was to qualitatively explore the contemporary ethical challenges faced by coaching psychologists in South Africa when dealing with both organisations and their coaching clients, and from this to develop an exploratory framework of ethical challenges. Consistent with the objectives of this study, two data-gathering techniques were used, namely semi-structured interviews and the Delphi technique. The use of semi-structured interviews enabled the researcher to determine the prominent and recurring themes in terms of the ethical challenges experienced by coaching psychologists, which were incorporated in the framework of ethical challenges. The Delphi technique allowed for the validation of the exploratory framework. A total of 16 participants were used across the two phases of data-gathering, and content analysis was utilised as a means of interpreting the data. The findings pointed to a number of commonly experienced ethical challenges in the field of coaching psychology, as well as the typical ethical principles used by psychologists who coach as a guide to best ethical practice. The exploratory framework represents the broad systemic outline of the factors that contribute to ethical challenges, and depicts the non-linear, multiple interactions between these factors. The framework articulates ethical challenges from the coach’s, the coachee’s, and the organisation’s perspectives. The framework can be applied by professionals and coaching clients, and can be utilised pro-actively in identifying the potential ethical challenges present in the coaching relationship. The framework identifies ethical principles that could be used as the foundation for a code of ethics in coaching psychology. Keywords: coaching, coaching psychology, exploratory framework, ethical challenges, ethical principles, ethical outcomes
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High performance team coaching : a positive deviant exploration

Review the importance of mentoring young graduates in the construction sector in South Africa

  • Authors: Nkomo, M.W , Thwala, Wellington Didibhuku
  • Date: 2014
  • Subjects: Mentoring in business , Employees - Coaching of , Construction industry - Employees - Coaching of
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:6164 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13768
  • Description: Mentoring is important for all graduates entering the workplace, but especially for those who are struggling to come to grips with the expectations of the workplace and its language, literacy and numeracy demands. The purpose of this paper is to study the importance of mentorship in the workplace, specifically the impact of mentorship programs for young graduates, in the construction industry and to define what mentoring is, what it entails and to report findings of a study aimed at investigating the necessity, if any, for mentoring and programmes in South African, construction industry. The study was mainly a literature review with a special focus on mentoring. The data used in the report was mainly qualitative, based on the, case studies and historical data. The review is a brief exploration into mentoring of graduates entering the work place. The scope of this review is confined to the literature that discusses mentoring internal to the workplace which support on – and off job learning. The research revealed that there are several mentoring programmes being utilised throughout South Africa, with very positive results. However, these structured mentoring programmes are not being utilised to their full potential by the construction industry. The study revealed that graduates were very enthusiastic to participate in a structured mentoring programme; and also that, mentoring is recommended in a number of studies, particularly where the workplace’s language, literacy or numeracy may be an issue for the graduates entering the workplace.
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The application of a systemic world view within coaching as strategy for leadership development

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