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LATVIAN SUPERVISORS’ VALUES!
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JELENA LEVINA — KRISTINE MARTINSONE —
IvANS JANIS MIHAILOVS — SANDRA HARTMANE —
IRENA UPENIECE (RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY)
ABSTRACT
A new profession has been created and is developing in Latvia — supervision, and
it is important to characterize how its professional basis is created, including
the content of the value system. The goal of the pilot study is to characterize the
values of the practicing supervisors. This study addresses the following research
questions: (a) What are the values of the practicing supervisors? (b) Are there
differences between supervisors who practice in different professional fields?
and (c) What are the differences of evaluations of importance and attainability
of personal values? The participants of this research were 28 supervisors who
practice in different professional fields. They filled out an electronic demographic
data form online and evaluated the importance and attainability of the offered
values on a 5-point Likert scale. The results showed statistically significant
differences in the importance of the transcendence value and in the attainability
of expediency and practicality value, as well as many differences between the
evaluations of importance and attainability of personal values.
INTRODUCTION
Supervision has entered Latvia starting from the turn of this century for
many industry representatives, especially in the helping professions —
psychologists, social workers, psychotherapists, art therapists etc., providing
targeted professional advisory and educational support options (also during
the study process), to develop professional competencies and stimulate the
1 This article was translated. The original article was published in Latvian: K. Martinsone
— J. Levina - J. I. Mihailovs — S. Hartmane - I. Upeniece, Latvijas supervizoru vértibas:
pilotpétijuma rezultäti, Sabiedriba, integräcija, izglitiba. Starptautiskäs zinätniskäs
konferences materiäli. IV dala, Rezekne, RA izdevnieciba, 115-126. // Society, Integration,
Education, Proceedings of the international scientific conference. May 23rd-24th, 2014, Volume
IV, Rözekne, RA, 115-126.