Innovative interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) approach in a coaching research project: implications for future qualitative coaching research and beyond

Rajasinghe, D ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7677-0691, Garvey, B, Burt, S, Barosa-Pereira, A and Clutterbuck, D, 2024. Innovative interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) approach in a coaching research project: implications for future qualitative coaching research and beyond. Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 17 (2), pp. 301-318. ISSN 1752-1882

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Abstract

This paper discusses an innovative use of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) within a coach development research project. Since its introduction, key authors of IPA have been inviting researchers to innovate within the methodology. However, the response to the invitation has, to-date, been limited. In this paper, we address this absence by reflecting on the methodological choices within a recent global coaching study. This study is innovative compared to many IPA studies due to (a) the relatively large sample size; (b) involvement of multiple researchers and analysts; (c) researchers being part of the community and having direct experience of the phenomenon being investigated and (d) introduction of additional analytical steps. These individually and taken together within one project, provide a unique IPA research design. Our innovation facilitated a detailed account of the participants’ experience and a clear research output with implications for practice and research. This novel approach to IPA may help improve the scholarly confidence to innovate within qualitative methodologies in general, but particularly within IPA studies. The benefits of our approach – such as richness and enhanced understanding of the diversity of the phenomenon – may encourage scholars to explore bolder research designs to uncover hidden phenomena.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice
Creators:	Rajasinghe, D., Garvey, B., Burt, S., Barosa-Pereira, A. and Clutterbuck, D.
Publisher:	Informa UK Limited
Date:	2024
Volume:	17
Number:	2
ISSN:	1752-1882
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1080/17521882.2024.2358771 DOI 2391438 Other
Rights:	© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	Laura Borcherds
Date Added:	03 Mar 2025 16:32
Last Modified:	03 Mar 2025 16:32
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/53168

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