The study focused on how principal mentors perceived the mentoring process by means of the metaphors they used to represent it. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 18 principal mentors. Findings were analysed qualitatively, generating themes as an inductive process, grounded in the various metaphors articulated by participants.…

Mentorship is often considered one of the best ways to develop leadership potential in new library and information professionals. Mentors act as teacher, role model, and cheerleader, but there are potentially serious aspects to mentorships that will negatively impact the protege. Such negatives include mentors sabotaging or taking credit for a…

Management style is treated in a variety of ways across the training and development literature. Yet few studies have tested the training-based malleability of management style in a for-profit, authentic work context. The present research tested whether or not training intervention would help managers adopt a more autonomy-supportive motivating…

Results showed that a treatment procedure involving a valuative feedback led to improvements in supervisors' rates of making relevant comments during therapists' evaluations and increased usage and accuracy of technical terms. (Author/CL)

The relevance of administrative preparation programs has been questioned. The questions center around how well programs are preparing school leaders to deal with the myriad of requirements placed in front of them (i.e. demands relate to issues of accountability, changing demographics, aging professionals, demanding publics, and school…

Argues that theories of management and administration should be put into practice in the same academic institutions in which they were born, as they have the same applicability for college administrators as corporate managers. (DMM)

The management style and climate set by a trainee's supervisor can hinder transfer of training. Trainers should (1) seek supervisor commitment and input; (2) share course objectives and content; (3) have supervisors and trainees meet before and after the training; and (4) follow up with supervisors. (SK)

Reports on a study examining the relationship between specific types of downward communication and job performance within an organization. Supports the theory that factors within the job, the organization, and the employee should all be influencing agents in determining managerial style. (JMF)

Discusses the purpose of the theory of developmental supervision, as well as the phases necessary to put the theory into practice. In this developmental model supervisors match their style of assistance to teachers' conceptual levels. Includes a table and references. (MD)

The dramatic increase in literature that addresses family therapy training and supervision over the last decade has been predominantly in the area of theory, rather than practice. This article describes the development of a meta-supervisory learning context for approved supervisors and provides examples of interactions between supervisors that…

The authors explore the difficulties relating to the human relationship between the supervisor and the supervised in action learning projects for managers. They provide a framework for supervisory relationships. (CH)

Assistant principals are important people, reminds this principal, who asks his colleagues to probe how they use their assistants. He follows with several suggestions about how to improve the situation. (Author/TE)

The major learning theories behind the learning-oriented model of social work supervision, which emphasizes supervision as a learning and teaching process, are reviewed. A phase theory of supervision is suggested that connects the model with stages of learning and interpersonal development. (MSE)