IMPACT OF BUSINESS COACHING ON WORK AND JOB SATISFACTION

The hereby article addresses the perception of business coaching by employees as well as the relationship between coaching, professional work satisfaction and overall job satisfaction. This study was done because of the need to understand how coaching can be used to support career development, improve the work environment, and contribute to work satisfaction. In this context, the aim of this research resides in the widely exploration of the relationships existing between the perception that the employees have on (1) the behaviors of business coaches (in our case executives), professional work satisfaction (PWS) and overall job satisfaction (OJS). The study was conducted with a general sample of 554 individuals. We conducted statistical analyses, using mainly descriptive, bivariate correlations and hierarchical linear regression studies, in order to analyze the data and confirm or infirm the hypothesis of the study, according to which business coaches (in our case executives) highly influence PWS and OJS. Moreover, at the basis of this research stands also the desire to better comprehend relationships between business coaches and employees, as well as employees' perceptions with regards to work environment and satisfaction. The outcomes of this study revealed that, according to the employees, business coaches and business coaching behaviors have the tendency of being positively correlated (with medium to large effect sizes noted) not only with work environment features measuring PWS, but also with OJS.