An Examination of Predictive Factors of Self-Efficacy among Supervisors who Conduct Cross-Racial Supervision: Social Influence, Racial Identity Attitudes, and Gender Self-Confidence

Search for this publication on Google Scholar
Summers, L. T. (2018). An Examination of Predictive Factors of Self-Efficacy among Supervisors who Conduct Cross-Racial Supervision: Social Influence, Racial Identity Attitudes, and Gender Self-Confidence. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
Download PDF

Analytics

289 views ◎
230 downloads ⇓


Abstract

The counseling profession has become diverse and it is not uncommon for a person of color to be included in the supervisory dyad. Therefore, counselor supervisors are required to become competent in supervising people who are racially different from themselves (Daniels, D’Andrea, & Kim, 1999; Young, 2004). Most cross-racial supervision literature examines the supervisory working alliance, but the purpose of this study was to investigate the predictability of social influence, racial identity attitudes, and gender self-confidence on supervisors’ self-efficacy to work with racially-different supervisees. The sample in this study included 149 supervisors who conduct cross-racial supervision. The complete assessments were the Counselor Supervisor Self-Efficacy Scale, the Interpersonal Power Inventory, the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure, the Hoffman Gender Scale, and a demographic questionnaire. Multiple regressions were conducted to analyze the data. Findings indicated that: (a) supervisors with flexible attitudes toward power usage and gender self-confidence conducted cross-racial supervision with more efficacy, (b) supervisors with rigid attitudes toward race and power usage broached race more than their counterparts with flexible attitudes, and (c) African-American supervisors broached race less when they worked with racially-different supervisees. Knowledge regarding predictors of supervisor self-efficacy in cross-racial supervision is essential for counselor educators and supervisors. The outcomes of the study beg for a more in-depth examination of the issues surrounding self-efficacy in cross-racial supervision, particularly with ethnic minority supervisors.

Details
Author

Summers, LaTonya

Title

An Examination of Predictive Factors of Self-Efficacy among Supervisors who Conduct Cross-Racial Supervision: Social Influence, Racial Identity Attitudes, and Gender Self-Confidence

Physical Description

1 online resource (142 pages) : PDF

Date

2018

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

The counseling profession has become diverse and it is not uncommon for a person of color to be included in the supervisory dyad. Therefore, counselor supervisors are required to become competent in supervising people who are racially different from themselves (Daniels, D’Andrea, & Kim, 1999; Young, 2004). Most cross-racial supervision literature examines the supervisory working alliance, but the purpose of this study was to investigate the predictability of social influence, racial identity attitudes, and gender self-confidence on supervisors’ self-efficacy to work with racially-different supervisees. The sample in this study included 149 supervisors who conduct cross-racial supervision. The complete assessments were the Counselor Supervisor Self-Efficacy Scale, the Interpersonal Power Inventory, the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure, the Hoffman Gender Scale, and a demographic questionnaire. Multiple regressions were conducted to analyze the data. Findings indicated that: (a) supervisors with flexible attitudes toward power usage and gender self-confidence conducted cross-racial supervision with more efficacy, (b) supervisors with rigid attitudes toward race and power usage broached race more than their counterparts with flexible attitudes, and (c) African-American supervisors broached race less when they worked with racially-different supervisees. Knowledge regarding predictors of supervisor self-efficacy in cross-racial supervision is essential for counselor educators and supervisors. The outcomes of the study beg for a more in-depth examination of the issues surrounding self-efficacy in cross-racial supervision, particularly with ethnic minority supervisors.

Genre

doctoral dissertations

Subjects--Topics

Education
Social sciences

Degree

Ph.D.

Keywords

Cross-Racial
Gender Self-Confidence
Self-Efficacy
Social Influence
Supervision

Subject Area

Counseling

Advisor(s)

Culbreth, Jack

Committee Members

Lassiter, Pamela
Abrams, Lyndon
Crane, Jon
Flowers, Claudia

Degree Note

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2018.

Rights Statement

This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). For additional information, see http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/.

Rights Holder Information

Copyright is held by the author unless otherwise indicated.

Identifier

Summers_uncc_0694D_11814

Permalink

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/etd:690