Exploring Institutional Determinants of Intention to Seek Supervision Services: A Panacea for Empowered Counselors

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dc.contributor.authorKiarie, Jane M.
dc.contributor.authorKiptiony, Gladys J.
dc.contributor.authorMwenje, Margaret K.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-04T10:56:25Z
dc.date.available2020-07-10T14:10:26Z
dc.date.available2024-03-04T10:56:25Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough numerous insights have been generated into the process of counseling supervision, the institutional pressure that steer counselors into seeking and adopting counseling supervision have been largely ignored. In this paper, an institutional framework, which integrates the three (3) dimensions of institutional pressure namely mimetic, coercive, and normative, is developed and hypothesized to influence counselors intention to seek counseling supervision services. The study injects a multi-disciplinary approach by utilizing DiMaggio & Powell (1983) Institutional Theory (IT). The research design was a correlational, cross sectional research design, employing both quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques. A sample of 117 practicing and accredited Counselors in Nairobi County, Kenya was used. Data was collected using a 14 item Likert Scale questionnaire adapted from items used in previous institutional research. Data analysis utilized the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 20.0 to explore significant relations among the research variables. Multiple linear regression yielded a significant model explaining 32.7% of the variance in the intention to seek counseling supervision. The results provide critical insights on the complexity of counselors' intention to seek supervision services. Correlation analysis suggests that Normative pressure and coercive pressure had significant correlation with intention to use counseling supervision (p<0.05). Normative pressure have the greatest effect (β=.520, p<0.01) on intention, while Coercive Pressure (β=.187, p<0.05) had the least effect. The findings revealed that Mimetic Pressure β=-.088 (p>.05) had no significant effect on intention to seek supervision services. Possibly, counselors did not find the need to mimic other successful counselors, as they did not attribute such success to seeking supervision services. The study recommends that counselors training institutions should incorporate supervision training in their curriculum. Further professional counseling associations should enact legislation and implement policies that require counselors to periodically attend counseling supervision.
dc.description.sponsorshipPAC Universityen_US
dc.identifier.issn2305-784X
dc.identifier.issn2410-8383
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.pacuniversity.ac.ke/handle/123456789/2932.2
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherKabarak Journal of Research & Innovationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol.5;No.2
dc.subjectMimetic Pressureen_US
dc.subjectCoercive Pressureen_US
dc.subjectNormative Pressureen_US
dc.subjectMultiple Regressionen_US
dc.subjectCounseling Supervisionen_US
dc.subjectCounseloren_US
dc.subjectSupervisoren_US
dc.titleExploring Institutional Determinants of Intention to Seek Supervision Services: A Panacea for Empowered Counselorsen_US
dc.typeArticle
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