The coaching process and contributions to personal knowledge management development: an integrative review

Abstract

The objective of this article is to verify how the coaching process can contribute to the development of Personal Knowledge Management (PKM). Despite being extensively discussed in the business environment, especially in the development of executives and leadership, and in the sports field, the debate about coaching in other areas of personal development is still in its early stages, as is personal knowledge management. Although in many works, PKM is treated as a subarea of knowledge management, in this paper, we consider it as a specific area of study. The method used was integrative review, which allows for the synthesis of previous studies, thus generating new knowledge on the studied topic. The search focused on works published in the CAPES journals portal, in the period between 2009 and 2019. The results demonstrated that coaching can contribute to personal knowledge management, as it allows individuals participating in the process to identify, categorize, store, organize, and share personal knowledge, and consequently, self-development and a greater perception of self-awareness for individuals.