Table 8.
Ranking by supervisees on the management skills of supervisors in IDs and CDs
| Intervention category | Mean | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Process indicators of supportive supervision | ID (N=57)a number (%) | CD (N=21)b number (%) | Total (N=111) number (%) | ID | CD | Sig. | |
| Body language of supervisor | Responsive | 44 (61.1) | 27 (69.2) | 71 (64.0) | 2.6 | 2.64 | 0.68 |
| Reflective | 27 (37.5) | 10 (25.6) | 37 (33.3) | ||||
| Fugitive | 1 (1.4) | 2 (5.1) | 3 (2.7) | ||||
| Communication process | Authoritative | 1 (1.4) | 3 (7.7) | 4 (3.6) | 3.65 | 3.36 | 0.04 |
| Supportive | 52 (72.2) | 21 (53.8) | 73 (65.8) | ||||
| Friendly but not supportive | 17 (23.6) | 13 (33.3) | 30 (27.0) | ||||
| Not involved | 2 (2.8) | 2 (5.1) | 4 (3.6) | ||||
| Process of correction | Fault finding | 15 (20.8) | 3 (7.7) | 18 (16.2) | 2.51 | 2.49 | 0.918 |
| Non-explanatory | 8 (11.1) | 5 (12.8) | 13 (11.7) | ||||
| Supportive | 26 (36.1) | 14 (35.9) | 40 (36.0) | ||||
| Does not react | 23 (31.9) | 15 (38.5) | 38 (34.2) | ||||
| Any other | 0 | 2 (5.1) | 2 (1.8) | ||||
ID: intervention district; CD: control district.
a
Not applicable=15 in IDs.
b
Not applicable=18 in CDs.