Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:28:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DEBORA APARECIDA DA COSTA FERREIRA.pdf: 716053 bytes, checksum: 543eeadcba9fb5262294d146c31e2106 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-12-10 / Coaching is a topic that has been frequently underlined on personal and professional development context, theme deeply approached by individuals from different areas and institutions that offer training on the subject, though, scientifically, it has been little explored empirically up to now. People from several educational background are using coaching as a working tool. The research aims at analyzing the performance of professionals who have their main focus on coaching work. Given the scarcity of studies assessing the activities of coaches, practices, methods and results achieved, a semi-structured interview with five open questions about the theme was designed and applied to six participants who work as coaches in consulting. Their answers were examined qualitatively by content analysis, looking for similarities and differences between the speeches. The results showed that each employee performs in accordance with his/her background, knowledge and experience, and such conceptions and practices are quite different. It is expected that the results of this study may help those interested in coaching about processes and techniques, costs of meetings, the coaching status in a national context, and contribute to scientific research on the topic. / O coaching tem recebido bastante destaque no contexto de desenvolvimento pessoal e profissional, tema amplamente abordado por sujeitos de diferentes ?reas e institui??es que oferecem forma??o sobre a tem?tica, ainda que, cientificamente, o mesmo venha sendo pouco explorado at? a atualidade. Interessados de diversos n?veis educacionais est?o utilizando o coaching como ferramenta de trabalho. A pesquisa objetiva analisar a atua??o de profissionais que t?m no coaching seu principal foco laboral. Dada a escassez de estudos que avaliem as atividades dos coaches, suas pr?ticas, m?todos utilizados e resultados atingidos, uma entrevista semi-estruturada com cinco quest?es abertas sobre a tem?tica foi elaborada e aplicada em seis participantes que atuam em consultorias, como coaches. Suas respostas foram analisadas qualitativamente, atrav?s da an?lise de conte?do, buscando as semelhan?as e diferen?as entre os discursos. Os resultados apontaram que cada profissional atua de acordo com a sua forma??o, conhecimento e experi?ncia, sendo bastante diferentes as concep??es e pr?ticas. Espera-se que os resultados do presente estudo possam auxiliar os interessados em coaching sobre os processos e t?cnicas utilizadas, custos das reuni?es, o status do coaching a n?vel nacional, al?m de contribuir para a investiga??o cient?fica sobre o tema.