Examining Supervisors' Multicultural Competence in Racially Similar and Different Supervision Dyads

The Relationship Between Multicultural Supervision, Multicultural Competence, and Multicultural Self-Efficacy and the Effect of Previous Supervisors on the Development of Multicultural Supervision, Multicultural Competence, and Multicultural Self-Efficacy

“…Previous-research indicates that previous supervisors-should have an effect on practicing supervisors' multicultural competence (Constantine, 2001b;Hird et al, 2004) and multicultural self-efficacy (Steward, 1998). Also, Ladany et al (1999b) In the current study the question of if there is a difference in practicing supervisors.'…”

“…Hird et al (2004) found that White supervisors spent more time discussing cultural issues with dissimilar supervisees, which may have influenced the results. of this study.…”

“…Researchers have examined if similarities between supervisors and their supervisees has an effect on different aspects of the supervision experience. The majority of previous studies have the focus on race and racial identity (Hird et al, 2004;Ladany et al, 1997;Sodowsky et al, 1998), and mixed results have been found. The most common conclusion is that white supervisors with white supervisees demonstrated lower multicultural competence, whereas white or ethnic minority supervisees.…”

“…Ifsupervisors lack multicultural competence .or multicultural self-efficacy, their use of skills and behaviors of multicultural supervision may be impaired. If supervisors have not developed their multicultural competence or multicultural self-efficacy, it can affect the development of their su_pervisees' multicultural competence and multicultural self-efficacy (Constantine, 1997;Hird, Tao, & Gloria, 2004;Lane et al, 1998;Steward, 1998). Supervisees' development of multiculrur.al competence .and self-efficacy .are important .as the .demographics in the United States becomes more culturally diverse and the presence of multicultural competence is related to improved services to .diverse clients (D'Andrea & Daniels, 1997).…”

“…Receiving multicultural supervision is a predictor .of supervisees' future multicultural competence (C.onstantine, 2001b) .and multicultural self-efficacy Hird et al, 2004). Through multicultural supervision, supervisees have the opportunity to integr.ate learning from the tr.aining environment into practice (Constantine) and receive feedback on their performance, which can influence their development ofself-efficacy (Lane et .aL~ 1998) .and their .ability to .accurately .assess their performance and determine how to improve (Lent et al, 1998).…”