Beratungsforschung mit,für oder ohne die Praxis?

This article deals with the extent to which consulting research and consulting practice are pulling in the same direction or whether the gap between them still seems insurmountable. Therefore we examine the literature on consulting research, report what kind of research coaching practitioners would consider beneficial and introduce first findings from an empirical survey in which coaching practitioners were asked about their motivation for—or against—taking part in coaching research.     

Der Stand der Coachingforschung: Kernergebnisse der vorliegenden Metaanalysen

The present article provides a quantitative overview of the state of coaching research. It first provides an insight into the status quo of the academic publishing landscape. Afterwards, results of the four meta-analyes that have been published on coaching research up to now are summarized. First, results on the efficacy of coaching or coaching outcomes are presented. Findings for different outcome measures as well as different study designs are reported. Next, results on predictors of coaching success are presented. They include specific features of the coaching process and setting, the coach-coachee-relationship as well as characteristics of coaches and coachees. The article closes with a summary and an assessment of the state of coaching research.     

Die Zukunft der Coachingforschung

The article presents a brief summary of the current state of research findings regarding both effectiveness (outcome) and factors contributing to the outcome (process) of coaching. The findings are presented along the dimensions outlined in Greif??s (2008) ??structural model of coaching effects?? as well as Kirkpatrick??s (1994) four-level evaluation taxonomy. The current state of research is critically analyzed and challenges for future research are outlined. It is suggested that coaching research needs to draw on both psychotherapy research and training evaluation in order to do justice to the process nature of coaching and its embeddedness in the organizational context. Promising research scenarios, namely the collaboration between academic research groups and professional coaching associations, and selected research approaches are described.     

Supervision von Coaching

To the extent that coaching establishes itself as a consulting format for professionals, professionalization and quality assurance of coaching become increasingly relevant. One instrument towards professionalization and quality assurance is coaching supervision. The author defines coaching supervision and describes its various functions. The “seven-eyed” model of supervision is explained. Next, the question to what degree coaches actually take part in supervision is addressed by summarizing extant empirical studies. The article ends by describing characteristics of the publication scene on coaching supervision and by providing an outlook for future research.     

Start-up-Nation Israel und risikoaverses Deutschland im Austausch: Voneinander lernen im Rahmen eines Leadership Development Programms

The article provides an overview over the landscape of innovation in Germany and Israel and compares both countries concerning their societal and leadership cultures. In light of the question what and how participants in a German-Israeli leadership development program can learn from each other, the authors then provide insight into the state of research regarding training with heterogeneous participant groups. They present empirical findings regarding outcomes as well as process factors that were perceived as helpful or hindering in learning from each other.     

Anarchy in Iceland? The global left,pirates and socialists in post-crash Icelandic politics

ABSTRACT

The historically stable Icelandic political party system has been uprooted since the 2008 financial crisis. In this paper, we explore to what extent the global left movement of anarchists and socialists has manifested in Icelandic politics in this period. We provide a historical overview, starting with the 2008 financial crisis which brought to power the first entirely left-wing government in the country's history, but also gave birth to numerous new political parties that alternately united and divided socialists, anarchists and reformers. The Pirate Party spearheaded this movement from the 2013 elections, but internal disputes have plagued the party in recent years, and both they and the Left Greens now have a fresh challenge from the left: the Socialist Party. We conclude that the current prospects for a united uprising of these movements are dim, although history suggests that they can work together when focusing on common goals of political reform.     

Mentalisierung in der Teamsupervision

The present article focuses on mentalization in the context of team supervision. First, we elaborate on mentalization “breakdown”. We describe the different prementalizing modes by referring to the example of a team supervision, and we explain when and how they are activated. Beyond the general, stress-related model of mentalization, we identify factors in the organizational context that may impact mentalization positively and negatively. Afterwards, we illustrate how mentalization can be used in (team) supervision and how the general approach of and interventions from mentalization-based therapy (MBT) may be translated in the context of team supervision.     

Social investments in the knowledge economy: The politics of inclusive,stratified, and targeted reforms across the globe

As countries transition from industrial to post-industrial knowledge economies, education and skills are crucial. Consequently, policy-makers around the globe have increasingly focused on social investment, that is, policies aiming to create, mobilize, or preserve skills. Yet, countries around the globe have developed social investments to different degrees and in highly different forms. Our goal is twofold: First, we introduce a new typology of social investment policies, distinguishing nine types along two dimensions: three distributive profiles (inclusive, stratified, targeted) and three functions (skill creation, preservation, mobilization). This differentiation allows fine-grained analyses of the causes and consequences of different kinds of social investments, thus offering a perspective to study the relationship between efficiency and inclusiveness in a way that goes beyond the mere discussion how social investment policies grosso modo affect inequalities (‘equalizing’ versus ‘Matthew Effects’). Second, we theorize on the politics of social investment. We argue that the interaction of policy legacies and socioeconomic factors is the main explanation for which functions of social investment policies are introduced, whereas their distributive profiles are crucially shaped by political coalitions. We illustrate with empirical material from democracies around the globe.