Meta-Synthesis of Factors Influencing the Success of Executive Coaching

Farajollahi Moghadam, Hamze

doi:10.30473/ipom.2025.71910.5008

Document Type : Exploratory

Author

Hamze Farajollahi moghadam

Assistant Professor,, Department of Public Administration, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.30473/ipom.2025.71910.5008

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to analyze the factors affecting the success of executive coaching. Research Methodology: The current research is practical in terms of its purpose and it is classified as exploratory research from the point of view of the method of data collection. In this research, in order to collect data, Google Scholar scientific database was used, and in order to analyze the data, traditional content analysis and open, central and selective coding strategy were used. The findings of the research led to the presentation of a model centered on organizational, individual and professional elements. The effectiveness model of the executive coaching department in variuse organisations has three dimensions: individual, organizational and professional; 26 components of ethics, goal orientation, order orientation, action orientation, awareness, awareness, convergence, support orientation, motivation, transparency, holistic orientation, stability orientation, interaction orientation, goal orientation, adaptability, monitoring orientation, positive Thinking, dependence, demographic, effectiveness, preparation, communication, self-improvement, growth orientation and 109 indicators. This study has filled some gaps in executive coaching literature. Unlike many previous studies in this field that have relied solely on the evaluations of the effectiveness of executive coaching, this study identified the set of factors related to the level of the individual, organization, institutional and infrastructural conditions affecting executive coaching and some new constructs such as He has added formal and informal institutions to the literature of coaching in general and executive coaching in particular.

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Volume 13, Vol 3 , Series 51 - Serial Number 51
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Meta-Synthesis of Factors Influencing the Success of Executive Coaching

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Volume 13, Vol 3 , Series 51 - Serial Number 51June 2025Pages 19-38

Volume 13, Vol 3 , Series 51 - Serial Number 51
June 2025
Pages 19-38