Supervisory Styles Index : Examining supervisees' perceptions of supervisory style

Developed an instrument, the Supervisory Styles Index, that would examine supervisory style. Style has been described as the way in which the personality and convictions of the supervisor are demonstrated in the supervisory relationship (Leighton, 1991). Focuses on the interplay between the supervisory style and the influence of sex and gender. Finds that female supervisees discern their supervisors to be more self-disclosing than do male supervisees. (Original abstract-amended)