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DATOS DE LA TESIS: 

  • Título: A Journey into the Heart of Coaching-based Leadership: Empirical Findings within the Organizational Context.
  • Autor: María Josefina Peláez Zuberbuhler
  • Directoras: Isabel M. MartínezMarisa Salanova
  • Año de publicación: 2019
  • Contacto: pelaezm@uji.es

 

RESUMEN:

El principal objetivo de esta tesis doctoral es profundizar en el conocimiento científico sobre el liderazgo basado en coaching, proporcionando evidencia teórica y empírica de su valor y función dentro del contexto organizacional. Para alcanzar este objetivo, se plantean diferentes preguntas de investigación relacionadas con los vacíos de conocimiento detectados en la literatura. Dichas preguntas fueron agrupadas en los siguientes cinco retos:

1. ¿Cómo puede ser conceptualizado el liderazgo coaching dentro del contexto organizacional?

2. ¿Cómo puede ser medido válidamente el liderazgo coaching dentro del contexto organizacional?

3. ¿Cuál es la relación entre el liderazgo coaching y el engagement y el desempeño en el trabajo?

4. ¿Cómo puede desarrollarse el liderazgo coaching en las organizaciones?

5. ¿Cuál es el impacto de desarrollar liderazgo coaching sobre variables resultado como el capital psicológico, el engagement, y el desempeño in- y extra-rol?

Estos retos se intentan abordan en diferentes capítulos basados en estudios teóricos y empíricos. En primer lugar, se presenta una revisión sistemática del concepto y medición de liderazgo basado en coaching y relación con el engagement y desempeño en entornos de trabajo. A continuación, se abordan dos estudios empíricos relacionados, con el objetivo de diseñar y validar una escala específica de liderazgo basado en coaching, y analizar los vínculos y mecanismos subyacentes con variables de resultados del trabajo (capital psicológico, engagement y desempeño in-rol y extra-rol). Finalmente, se presentan dos estudios longitudinales cuasi-experimentales: uno explora el impacto de un programa de micro-coaching basado en fortalezas en el engagement y el desempeño, con el objetivo final de validar intervenciones positivas que desarrollen líderes como coaches en las organizaciones, y el segundo examina el impacto de un programa de intervención de liderazgo basado en coaching en la mejora de las habilidades de coaching, capital psicológico, engagement y desempeño in-rol y extra-rol. Los resultados de los estudios contribuyen al desarrollo de una teoría del liderazgo basado en coaching al arrojar luz sobre su concepto, dimensiones subyacentes, medición y rol clave en la mejora de los recursos personales, el bienestar psicológico y el desempeño en el trabajo. Además, destacan la efectividad de intervenciones positivas para desarrollar e incrementar este estilo de liderazgo en las organizaciones y su impacto en los resultados positivos del trabajo.

 

ABSTRACT:

The main objective of this thesis project is to advance the stream of research on coaching-based leadership by providing theoretical and empirical evidence for its value and role within the organizational context. To achieve this goal, several research questions related to the knowledge gaps detected in the literature were established and grouped into the following five challenges:

1. How can coaching-based leadership be conceptualized within the organizational context?

2. How can coaching-based leadership be reliable and validly measured within the organizational context?

3. What is the relationship between coaching-based leadership and work engagement and performance?

4. How can coaching-based leadership in organizations be achieved?

5. What is the impact of developing coaching-based leadership on work-related outcomes such as psychological capital, work engagement, and in-role and extra-role performance?

These challenges are addressed in several chapters that include theoretical and empirical studies. First, a systematic review is presented, which provides an overview of the coaching-based leadership concept, measurement, and links with two key work-related outcomes (work engagement and performance). Next, two related empirical studies were included aimed to design and validate a specific coaching-based leadership scale, and to analyse its links and underlying mechanisms with work-related outcomes (psychological capital, work engagement and in-role and extra-role performance). Finally, two longitudinal quasi-experimental studies were conducted: the first one explores the impact of a strengths-based micro-coaching program on work engagement and performance, with the ultimate goal of validating positive interventions aim to develop coaching-based leadership in organizations, and the second one examines the efficacy of a coaching-based leadership intervention program on enhancing coaching-based leadership skills, psychological capital, work engagement, and in-role and extra-role performance. The results of the different studies advance on the coaching-based leadership theory development by shedding light on its concept, underlying dimensions, measurement, and key role in enhancing personal resources, psychological well-being, and in-role and extra-role performance. They also highlight the usefulness of positive interventions to develop and increase this leadership style in organizations and its impact on work outcomes.

CONTENTS:

Chapter 1: General Introduction.
Chapter 2: Coaching-based Leadership, Work Engagement and Performance: A Systematic Review and Future Directions.
Chapter 3: Development and Validation of the Coaching-based Leadership Scale and its Relationship with Psychological Capital, Work Engagement, and Performance.
Chapter 4: Facilitating Work Engagement and Performance through Strengths-based Micro-Coaching: A Controlled Trial Study.
Chapter 5: Coaching-based Leadership Intervention Program: A Controlled Trial Study.
Chapter 6: General Conclusions.

 

ARTÍCULOS PUBLICADOS/PUBLISHED ARTICLES:

Peláez, M. J., Coo, C., & Salanova, M. (in press). Facilitating Work Engagement and Performance through Strengths-based Micro-Coaching: A controlled trial study. Journal of Happiness Studiesdoi:10.1007/s10902-019-00127-5 

Peláez Zuberbuhler, M. J., Salanova, M., & Martínez, I. M. (in press). Coaching-based Leadership Intervention Program: A Controlled Trial Study. Frontiers in Psychology10. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03066