Angela Passarelli, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Management at the College of Charleston and Research Fellow with the Coaching Research Lab at Case Western Reserve University. Her research focuses on how developmental relationships support behavior change, particularly in the context of leader development. She draws on neuroscience and psychophysiology to explore the implicit dynamics of these relationships. Her work has been published in various journals including the Leadership Quarterly, Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, and the Journal of Experiential Education. Angela also maintains an executive coaching practice with clients from both the for-profit and non-profit sectors such as financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and education.
Angela received a 2012 research grant to study the emotional, physiological, and cognitive effects of different types of coaching interactions and their impact on subsequent goal striving.
Angela's Harnisch Grant summary: The Heart of Helping: Psychological and Physiological Effects of Contrasting Coaching Interaction
Taylor, S. N., Passarelli, A. M., & Van Oosten, E. B. (2019). Leadership coach effectiveness as fostering self-determined, sustained change. The Leadership Quarterly, 30(6).
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