An imbalance of the power differential between supervisee and field supervisor has led to a complex issue during field supervision such as an inability to initiate discussion of harm. The purpose of this study was to educate students on harm in field supervision, potential repercussions if harm is not discussed with their field supervisor, and steps that can be taken by MSW students to assess confidence to initiate discussion of harm with their field supervisors. It was hypothesized that MSW students receiving an educational training on harm in field supervision will have more confidence to initiate discussion of harm with their field supervisors. A quantitative one-group pretest-posttest study was designed for this research study. Also, pre-test and post-test surveys were distributed to participants, and an educational training powerpoint on the significance of harm during field supervision was implemented between the pre-test and post-test surveys. A paired differences t-test was used to assess for changes in MSW student confidence to initiate discussion of harm with field supervisors. The results of this study indicated that MSW students were not more likely to discuss harm with their field supervisor as a result of receiving an educational powerpoint on the importance of discussion, so this study failed to reject the null hypothesis. This study assisted with informing MSW students about the possible repercussions, and the importance of not informing their field supervisors that they were harmed. In addition, future MSW students would be informed about alternatives to discuss harm by their field supervisors if one does not feel safe to do so with their own field supervisors.

<p>Generally, the trade supervisors are seen swapping stories about how they have done things differently in their previous projects that had resulted in saving man-hours and resources. Since most of them are doing repetitive tasks for years, they rely mainly on their judgments and intuition while making decisions and have developed a plethora of knowledge throughout their experience. They often find it difficult to articulate the knowledge they have acquired most of which is tacit. There is a need to identify this tacit dimension of knowledge to harness it effectively as tacit knowledge is one of the factors determining the competitiveness of a construction firm. The skills shortage in the industry is further aggravated by the growing workforce. Employee retirements and knowledge loss are compelling the specialty contracting firms to capture this tacit knowledge to prepare the future workforce. This study posits an instrument to gauge the reliance of the field supervisors on tacit knowledge and identifies barriers to knowledge sharing through case studies involving electrical contracting firms. The findings of this research clearly show that the experience level of an individual is related to the reliance on tacit knowledge. Most of the experienced field supervisors rely on the tacit dimension of knowledge to perform the major day-to-day routine tasks at the construction site. The education level of an individual seems to have no significant relation with the acquisition and usage of tacit knowledge. Findings also suggest that the viewpoint of the management and the field team are disparate regarding the barriers to knowledge sharing. Management feels that lack of formal processes prevents the trade professionals from sharing their knowledge among themselves whereas according to the field team lack of socialization is identified as the key barrier. Similarly, managers' resistance to change is identified by management as the key barrier that prevents supervisors or managers from sharing their knowledge with the subordinates whereas, for the field team it is the lack of encouragement from the management. Moreover, according to management, lack of formal processes is the key barrier at the organizational level but for the field team, it’s the silo mentality of the managers. The organizations must incorporate the feedback from the field team into the decision making related to knowledge management (KM). The developed framework will benefit the trade contractors to identify on what type of knowledge the field supervisors are relying to perform a particular task and eventually categorizing knowledge into explicit and tacit.</p>

Submitted by Gabrielle Stéphany Nascimento Sgarbi (gabrisgarbi@hotmail.com) on 2018-11-02T14:56:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissetacao de mestrado 2018.pdf: 2745866 bytes, checksum: 7e56d60d9f47a4ca96722ce4469242f5 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Jacqueline de Almeida null (jacquie@franca.unesp.br) on 2018-11-09T12:13:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Sgarbi_GSN_me_fran.pdf: 2745866 bytes, checksum: 7e56d60d9f47a4ca96722ce4469242f5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-09T12:13:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sgarbi_GSN_me_fran.pdf: 2745866 bytes, checksum: 7e56d60d9f47a4ca96722ce4469242f5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-05-07 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A pesquisa buscou analisar as condições de trabalho do (a) assistente social supervisor (a) de campo e os seus rebatimentos no desenvolvimento da supervisão de campo e na formação profissional do (a) estagiário (a). O primeiro capítulo apresentou a metodologia utilizada para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa, objetivando propiciar que o leitor compreenda o caminho trilhado, o método, o universo, os sujeitos, as etapas, e os instrumentais utilizados. O segundo capítulo versou acerca do trabalho na sociedade capitalista, as condições de trabalho do(a) assistente social na contemporaneidade e as transformações societárias que condicionam o mundo do trabalho. O terceiro capítulo possui o intuito de compreender o processo de formação profissional do(a) assistente social na contemporaneidade, concomitantemente, buscou apresentar os dados apreendidos por meio de entrevistas realizadas com os(as) supervisores(as) de campo de estágio vinculadas ao NESS, da FCHS, apresentando a concepção de estágio pela óptica dos(as) supervisores(as), como ocorre a supervisão, as condições de trabalho do(a) assistente social e seus rebatimentos na formação e futura atuação profissional do(a) estagiário(a). O estudo baseou-se no método do materialismo histórico dialético, com abordagem qualitativa; utilizou-se a pesquisa bibliográfica para fundamentar o conhecimento teórico e embasar a análise dos dados, e a pesquisa de campo com vistas a aproximar a pesquisadora da realidade social estudada. Os resultados mostram que as condições de trabalho influem diretamente no desenvolvimento e na qualidade da atuação profissional, na supervisão de campo e na formação profissional do discente, inclusive determinando o início da aproximação do estagiário com a atuação do assistente social, podendo atribuir experiências significativas ou fragilizadas para o mesmo, contudo, por meio das categorias empíricas alguns elementos mostraram-se determinantes nesse processo, tais como: a formação continuada, a horizontalidade e o compromisso dos(as) supervisores(as) com a profissão, com a formação e com a futura atuação profissional do(a) estagiário(a).