A case study using appreciate inquiry identified and described the experiences of five educational administration doctoral students representing three universities regarding their doctoral program studies and dissertation process. Data were collected using reflective narratives and the Left Hand Right Hand Column Case Method. Data revealed (a) the…

Mentoring programs for youth have grown tremendously in popularity in recent years and in many important respects reflect core principles of community psychology. Mentoring of youth is a complex phenomenon, however, with a range of significant processes occurring at the levels of individual youth and their mentors, youth-mentor relationships and…

This paper focuses on discursive practices of postgraduate research as a crucial element in constructs of international student subjectivities when they undertake postgraduate studies in Australian universities. As such, it focuses on a discursive field emerging within domains of internationalisation, globalisation, and resistance. It examines…

This article reports on part of a study of dissertation work in taught Masters courses. It focuses on presenting findings from interviews with 13 supervisors in a faculty of education concerning the normative order that they believed should prevail within the supervisory relationship, and their complex representation of student agency and of…

Examined influences on perceptions of supervision relationships in 86 counselors and 92 supervisors. Semester end ratings showed that supervisees discriminated between relationship quality, which was affected by gender matching, supervisor gender, and supervisor behavior, and supervisor competence, which was affected only by supervisor behavior.…

Examines the effects of communication distortion on the task perceptions of subordinates working in goal-setting programs. Concludes that (1) effective superiors who communicate openly, supportively, and with little distortion are better able to clarify their subordinates' work environment, and (2) distortion negates a goal-setting program. (PD)

Investigated trust perceptions of 155 male and female respondents toward on-site supervisors, area supervisors, and top management in a large state agency. Although trust differences between men and women toward management were not found, respondents reporting to someone of the same gender had significantly higher trust in their superior. (JAC)

This study investigated the relationship between supervisors' use of Bell and Daly's affinity-seeking strategies and their impact on employee satisfaction. Results indicated that 16 of the 25 affinity-seeking strategies were positively correlated with a subordinate's perception of supervisor credibility. Results also indicated that a supervisor's…

Corporate communication trainers, consultants, and professional organizations develop programs to enhance communication skills for managers and supervisors with their employees. This paper proposes an argument for a communication training program that addresses the future organizational skill needs for middle managers. The paper states that this…

A study of 420 higher-level employees and 224 supervisors examined relationships between expertise variables (social support, organizational facilities, supervisor attention to career development) and career development. Supervisors focused on present contributions and job domain rather than future development. Supervisors' attention decreased…

Surveyed graduate distance education students at the University of South Africa about faculty supervision, including individual styles of supervision, the most rewarding and frustrating aspects of their studies, and their recommendations. Found that students' expectations are not entirely met. Offers recommendations. (EV)

Finds that supervisor relationships have a significant impact on the feedback and social support transferees report experiencing during their first year at new locations; on transferees' physical, psychological, and cognitive adjustment to their new roles; and on the type of peer relationships they develop. Shows the middle-group supervisor…

Finds male supervisors can be effective in building rapport with subordinates solely by using certain nonverbal communicative behaviors. Shows that supervisors with such behaviors were more positively perceived than those without and that subordinates were more likely to comply with the requests of the high-rapport supervisor and to experience a…

This study of 105 trainees revealed that supervisors most frequently self-disclosed personal issues, neutral counseling experiences, and counseling struggles. Supervisor self-disclosures were related to supervisor style and supervisor relationship. (Author)

Of 20 Turkish sales representatives, 8 received support and guidance for transfer of training. Compared with 12 controls, these 8 showed continuous work behavior change; the control group's changes slowed over time. Experimentals had greater but not significantly increased efficiency, effectiveness, and job satisfaction. Other factors, such as an…