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Mental and Social Health

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2012

Counseling

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The Operationalization And Validation Of Isomorphism In Supervision, Robert Eric Heidel May 2012

The Operationalization And Validation Of Isomorphism In Supervision, Robert Eric Heidel

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation study is focused on operationalizing and validating the construct of isomorphism in supervision. Liddle and Saba (1983) defined isomorphism as the “recursive replication of processes and content between counseling and supervision. The construct has not been validated in the literature (Bernard & Goodyear, 2004), occurs in supervision at an unconscious level (Williams, 1997), is not understood by supervisees (Raichelson, Herron, Primavera, & Ramirez, 1997), and yet plays an integral and foundational role in how supervision is facilitated and structured (Gentry, 1986; Liddle, Breunline, Schwartz, & Constantine, 1984; Liddle & Saba, 1983; White & Russell, 1997).

In order to …