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HEIDI MOLLER — KATRIN OELLERICH — DENISE HINN — SILJA KOTTE
Research concept
In the matter of incentives and exclusion criteria, around 25% of all answers
featured the research concept. The participants named content-related criteria
(relevance and traceability of the question(s), aims and knowledge acquisition
sought) as well as methodical aspects (research design, methods used and
evaluation strategies). In relation to the incentives, the relevance of the content,
questions and aims were prioritised: questions which are of interest to the
coaches themselves and relevant to practice, a clear theoretical foundation of
the study or specific content-related ideas such as a clearly limited definition of
coaching. The statements about methods and design were however less frequent
and phrased in a very general way (e.g. “high quality of study design”). For the
statements about exclusion criteria, the opposite was true: coaches mentioned
design and method considerably more often than content. In addition to general
comments about methodologically questionable designs, they ruled out ‘more
invasive’ research methods (audio, video, participatory observation) as well as
purely quantitative survey and evaluation strategies.
Effort required and (financial) compensation
Around 20% of the answers to the two questions related to the effort required in
participating in a study. It was particularly common for the coaches to bring up
the extra time demands as well as potential additional travel or administrative
costs. For the coaches, these represent a significant hindrance in relation
to participating in studies and should be as minimal and as clearly defined
as possible. Only a very minor proportion of those questioned (2 out of 50)
mentioned financial remuneration as an incentive or the lack of such as an
exclusion criterion.
Question of the interests of coaches and clients
About a third of all answers to the two questions asked to what extent the interests
of coaches and clients are taken into account in the research. The percentage
of such statements was higher in ‘preconditions’ (35% of all statements) than
in ‘exclusion criteria’ (30% of all statements). For the coaches these related to
anonymity, potential interference in the coaching process by the research and
the use of the research for themselves and their clients. Most frequently, coaches
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