The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of supervision and organizational learning on social workers’ professional efficacy. As the importance of supervision is being magnified in the process of social work practices and the fact that or...
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of supervision and organizational learning on social workers’ professional efficacy. As the importance of supervision is being magnified in the process of social work practices and the fact that organizational learning is an important antecedent of effective social welfare centers is widely discussed, this study focuses on the mediating effects of organization learning. This study collected data from the survey of 157 social workers working for the social welfare centers in Seoul. The result of path analysis by Structural Equation Modeling shows that supervision has a positive effect on the organizational learning of social welfare centers, but that it does not have a direct effect on the social workers’ professional efficacy. However, the result shows that supervision has an indirect effect on the professional efficacy through the mediating effects of organizational learning.
Based on the research findings, this study suggests ways to enhance the professional capacity of social workers.