HACETTEPE UNIVERSITESI EGITIM FAKULTESI DERGISI-HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, cilt.38, sa.3, ss.317-334, 2023 (ESCI)
This study explored the moderating role of effective counselor characteristics in the relationship between the
behaviors of counselors’ supervisors and the professional pride and job satisfaction of counselors. The study
group consisted of 661 counselors. The researchers used the “Supervision Questionnaire”, “Effective
Counselor Characteristics Assessment Scale”, “Professional Pride Scale”, the “Job Satisfaction Scale”, and a
“Personal Information Form”to collectthe study data and Regression-Based Bootstrapping Technique for data
analysis. The research results demonstrated a significantly positive relationship between counselors’
professional pride and job satisfaction on one hand and their effective counselor characteristics and
supervisors’ behaviors on the other. The researchers found that the behaviors of counselors’ supervisors
directly, positively, and significantly predicted their effective counselor characteristics. They also found that
effective counselor characteristics directly, positively, and significantly predicted counselors’ professional
pride and job satisfaction. Another finding was that effective counselor characteristics played a partial
moderating role in the relationship between the behaviors of counselors’ supervisors and their professional
pride. The results suggested that counselors’ job satisfaction is directly, positively, and significantly predicted
by effective counselor characteristics. Effective counselor characteristics also played a partial moderating role
in the relationship between the behaviors of counselors’ supervisors and their job satisfaction. The research
results were discussed in the light of literature.