Fedesco, Heather Noel. Ph.D., Purdue University, May 2015. Employee Wellness Coaching as an Interpersonal Communication Intervention: Exploring Intervention Effects on Healthcare Costs, Risks, and Behaviors. Major Professors: Melanie Morgan and William B. Collins. In order to address the rise in healthcare expenditures, employers are turning to wellness programs as a means to potentially curtai...

Background Coaching psychology is of increasing interest to medical educators for its potential benefits as a facilitative method in problem-based learning (PBL). However, the field lacks empirical studies that explore the lived experiences of students and tutors in the PBL coaching process. This study aimed to elicit knowledge regarding medical students' and tutors' experiences and perceptions...

QUESTION Does activity coaching add value to physiotherapy from the perspective of physiotherapists and patients in neurological rehabilitation? Is the use of activity coaching to promote walking and physical activity considered feasible by these physiotherapists and patients? DESIGN Qualitative study using interviews. PARTICIPANTS Five pairs of physiotherapists and their patients with neur...

OBJECTIVE To systematically review health coaching interventions regarding effectiveness of health coaching for specific outcomes, optimal intervention approaches, and identification of specific techniques associated with effectiveness. DATA SOURCE Articles were sourced from CINAHL, Global Health, PsycINFO, Academic Search Complete, Health Source, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection...

The purpose of this paper is to provide a concise resource for coaches, coach educators, and coaching scientists by reviewing three common approaches to coaching: the mastery approach to coaching; autonomysupportive coaching; and the transformational leadership approach to coaching. The theoretical foundations, purpose, evidence base, specified behaviours, and translation into coaching and coac...

Coaching practices are rapidly changing due to technological advances in the area of pervasive computing: the behavior of coachees can be monitored real-time, and coaching can be remote or even fully automated. The movement towards autonomous e-coaching systems holds promise for improving self-management, but also gives rise to questions about the importance of human involvement in the e-coachi...

Emerging healthcare delivery models suggest that patients benefit from being engaged in their care. Integrative health coaching (IHC) is designed to be a systematic, collaborative, and solution-focused process that facilitates the enhancement of life experience and goal attainment regarding health, but little research is available to describe the mechanisms through which empowerment occurs in t...

This paper, adopts a case study approach in order to examine the issues relating to the deployment of a coaching and mentoring intervention within the context of a specific UK based small and medium-sized enterprise (SME). The SME coaching and mentoring research agenda is highlighted as an area urgently needing attention given its economic impact. This paper seeks to initiate this debate. The p...

This study examined the relationship between supervisory justice and trust in supervisor and their impacts on extra-role performance. Drawing on fairness heuristic theory, we hypothesized that supervisory interactional justice would significantly affect the two domains of trust in supervisor, namely, reliance and disclosure, which in turn enhance subordinate extra-role performance. We also pred...

Safety leadership is increasingly being championed as the preeminent strategy for mitigating workplace injuries through improvement of safety behaviour. This reearch rigorously investigates interplay between supervisory and behaviour among employees involved in domestic waste collection. Drawing on Social Exchange Theory (SET), study elucidates how these three aspects function pivotal mechanism...