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    Cultural orientations framework (COF) assessment questionnaire in cross-cultural coaching: a cross-validation with wave focus styles

    Rojon, C. and McDowall, Almuth (2010) Cultural orientations framework (COF) assessment questionnaire in cross-cultural coaching: a cross-validation with wave focus styles. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring 8 (2), pp. 1-26. ISSN 1741-8305.

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    Abstract

    This paper outlines a cross-validation of the Cultural Orientations Framework assessment questionnaire (COF, Rosinski, 2007; a new tool designed for cross-cultural coaching) with the Saville Consulting Wave Focus Styles questionnaire (Saville Consulting, 2006; an existing validated measure of occupational personality), using data from UK and German participants (N = 222). The convergent and divergent validity of the questionnaire was adequate. Contrary to previous findings which used different measures (Ronen & Shenkar, 1985; Schwartz, 1999; House et al., 2004; Bartram et al., 2006), the results from this particular study indicated few national differences between UK and Germany, however differences by gender were observed. These findings are discussed in terms of their implications for the development and use of the COF in practice. This may allow for a more finely grained understanding of culture than previous models such as Hofstede’s cultural values framework (1980; 2001), if further evidence for its validity is obtained and published.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): personality, culture, construct validity, cross-validation, cross-cultural coaching, cultural orientations framework, wave focus styles
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences
    Depositing User: Sarah Hall
    Date Deposited: 02 Feb 2016 14:59
    Last Modified: 07 Aug 2023 16:10
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/14162

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