Exploring Individual Determinants of Counselors’ Intention to Seek Supervision Services
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 10
Abstract
Abstract:Although numerous insights have been generated into the process of counseling supervision, the individual determinants that steer counselors into seeking and adopting counseling supervision have been not been well documented, especially in a developing country like Kenya. This paper utilizes the Theory of Planned Behaviour by Ajzen (1985), which integrates the three (3) dimensions of attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control, that are hypothesized to influence counselors intention to seek counseling supervision services. The research design is 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 31.7% (R2=.317, F (3, 104) =16.120, p<0.05) 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 Intention Decision correlated positively with Attitude (r =0.522; p < 0.01). However, the relationship between Subjective Norm (r=-0.76; P > 0.01) and Perceived Behavioural (r) 0.21; P >0.01) was not statistically significant. The three antecedents of intention account for 31.7% of the variance in intention to seek. This implies that there are other variables that are not included in this study, that account for 68.3% of the variance in intention to seek supervision services. Further, the data suggests that there were significant relationships between intention to seek supervision services and two of the variables of the study namely Attitude (β=.600, p<0.05) and Subjective Norm (β= -0.116, p<0.05). However, Perceived Behavioural control had p >0.05, hence were not significant predictor of counselors intention to seek counseling supervision services. The study recommends development of a programme to promote the uptake of counseling supervision and reduce the negative impact risk of subjective norm. Further, the paper calls for concerted efforts aimed at the individual counselor to improve the uptake and adoption of counseling supervision. Keywords:Attitude, Subjective Norm, Perceived Behavioural Control, Theory of planned Behaviour, Counseling Supervision, Counselor, Supervisor.
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Jane Metumi Kiarie, Margaret K. Mwenje, Gladys J. Kiptiony
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