Explores the dimensions of expectancy theory in human communicative behavior. Examines human expectancies from a communicative perspective. Proposes an expectancy model of human symbolic activity centering on communicative expectancies within supervisor and subordinate relationships. (SR)

Results of interviews with 10 special education supervisors indicated that the supervisor is forced to compromise administrative and technical assistance aspects of the job description. A typology of special education supervisors is presented, suggesting that role conflict is a function of the supervisor's view of the legitimate activities of that…

Describes elementary principles of law involving supervisors and counselors and explores the ramifications of these doctrines in reference to "the duty to warn." Suggestions for avoiding litigation are also offered. (Author/MCF)

Reports results of a study conducted to determine (1) whether there is a statistically significant relationship between job dimensions (job design) and job satisfaction of traditional secretaries and word processing operators, and (2) whether there is a statistically significant difference in job satisfaction levels of traditional secretaries,…

Examines the relationship between employee gender and gender similarity on supervisor-subordinate cross-evaluations and subordinate rewards (N=651). Results indicated that evaluations of women are more positive and opposite-sex evaluations tend to be higher than same-sex evaluations, but men subordinates receive more promotions, and same-sex…

A program to train bank operations supervisors to conduct quarterly informal performance appraisals involved three modes: content-only training, content-plus-procedure training, and no training. While content-plus-procedure was predictably the most satisfactory, content-only, because it lacked a practice component, was less effective than no…

The author examines the role of specialist supervisors in special education and suggests the need for reconsideration which would give special education supervisors authority over programs for more severely handicapped students, while allowing mildly handicapped students to be within general education's dominion. (CL)

Eighteen clinical supervisors participated in focus groups or an individual interview designed to investigate their personal experiences with value conflicts in supervision. Participants described the types of value conflicts they had experiences and their personal impact, effective and ineffective approaches for addressing these issues, resources…

Current conditions in social work, such as reduced resources for education, the tight job market, and the increasing use of paraprofessionals, mean that supervisors have greater power over supervisees now than at any time since the 1950's. The nature of the supervisory relationship suggests several principles that can guide the supervisor in the…

Purpose of this study was to investigate how music supervisors spend their time. (Author)

The results of this study support the use of recorded models and a supervisor style that deals specifically with techniques as effective means of imparting empathic skills. (Author)

Supervisors should be responsible for long-range instructional planning, monitoring planned changes in programs, program evaluation and experimentation of new instructional ways. (Author/AF)

The results yielded little evidence that the two methods of supervision were significantly different. More than half of the variance in how a trainee expected to be perceived by his clients was accounted for by knowing how he perceived his supervisor. (Author)