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Exposing Operations of Power in Supervisory Relationships
Author(s) -
Markham Laurie,
Chiu Jane
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2011.01373.x
Subject(s) - worry , agency (philosophy) , power (physics) , sense of agency , psychology , race (biology) , social psychology , sociology , anxiety , gender studies , psychiatry , social science , physics , quantum mechanics
Through a poststructural lens, we examine how power may show itself in relationships between supervisees and supervisors, producing both helpful and harmful effects. Drawing from our own experiences, as well as conversations with other members of our supervisory group, we demonstrate how privileged discourses around professional status, gender, and race may bring about difficulties including a sense of doubt, worry, inadequacy, and a fear of speaking up. We also illustrate how these difficulties can be addressed in a manner that may lessen their influence, while increasing supervisees’ sense of agency.