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Egan, Toby – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2013
Executive coaching is a booming, but understudied, HRD-related practice. Given the limited number of available studies that have been deployed with rigor and systematic methods, the study by Nieminen et al. adds to our understanding of the impact of executive coaching and multisource feedback on leadership development. Explored in the context of a…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Management Development, Feedback (Response), Research
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DeGeest, David; Brown, Kenneth G. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2011
Goal-orientation theory and research offer a lens to better understand the mechanisms of experiential learning in developmental assignments for managers. This study presents a research model that depicts how goal orientations influence the development of leadership skills from experience. The model indicates how individual and situational…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Goal Orientation, Experiential Learning, Management Development
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Nieminen, Levi R. G.; Smerek, Ryan; Kotrba, Lindsey; Denison, Daniel – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2013
Multisource ratings and feedback are now central components of many leader development programs. Research evaluating the outcomes of multisource feedback (MSF) underscores the importance of facilitation strategies that help leaders to interpret and use their feedback throughout the development process. Scholars and practitioners have recommended…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Management Development, Administrator Behavior, Human Resources
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Brown, Travor C.; Warren, Amy M. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2009
This study assessed transfer from a customized executive training program involving 89 public sector employees. Participants who set a distal goal had higher self-efficacy than those in both the "do your best" (DYB) and the proximal plus distal goal conditions. Participants who set proximal plus distal goals had higher maintenance than…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Goal Orientation, Government Employees, Management Development
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Ardts, Joost C. A.; van der Velde, Mandy E. G.; Maurer, Todd J. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2010
Employees' perceptions of Management Development (MD) programs is the topic of this study. The purpose is to examine the influence of three important perceived characteristics of MD programs on relevant MD outcomes. The MD characteristics are: availability of role models, perceived control, and understanding the MD program. Outcomes are:…
Descriptors: Management Development, Outcomes of Education, Program Attitudes, Employee Attitudes
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Baron, Louis; Morin, Lucie – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2009
Numerous authors have suggested that the working relationship between coach and coachee constitutes an essential condition to the success of executive coaching. This study empirically investigated the links between the coach-coachee relationship and the success of a coaching intervention in an organizational setting. Data were collected from two…
Descriptors: Management Development, Self Efficacy, Coaching (Performance), Interprofessional Relationship