Journal article
Working Alliance as a Mediator between Supervisory Styles and Supervisee Satisfaction
Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, Vol.3(3), 5
2021
DOI: 10.7290/tsc030305
Abstract
To answer the research question whether there is a mediation effect of the supervisory working alliance between supervisory styles and supervisee satisfaction, we developed a mediation model and tested this hypothesized mediation effect with a sample of 111 participants that was comprised of master’s and doctoral counselor trainees and counseling practitioners recruited from several counseling professional networks. Results indicated a statistically significant indirect effect of supervisory styles on supervisee satisfaction through the supervisory working alliance. Specifically, when supervisees rated higher on a mixture of three supervisory styles, they were more likely to report a stronger working alliance with their supervisors; this alliance, in turn, contributed to their higher levels of satisfaction with supervision. These findings also speak to the importance of maintaining a flexible, balanced approach in supervision, and shed light on how both supervisors and supervisees can contribute to the supervisory working alliance so as to enhance supervisee satisfaction.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Working Alliance as a Mediator between Supervisory Styles and Supervisee Satisfaction
- Creators
- Dan LiDavid K. DuysYanhong Liu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, Vol.3(3), 5
- DOI
- 10.7290/tsc030305
- eISSN
- 2637-6911
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2021
- Academic Unit
- Counselor Education
- Record Identifier
- 9984374359802771
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