A comparison of supervisory styles preferred by educational supervisors according to locus of control

The purpose of this study was to compare supervisory styles preferred by educational supervisors according to locus of control. the sample of this study includes 472 supervisors and deputy supervisors. two different inventories were used for this research. supervisory beliefs inventory was used to determine supervisory styles preferred by educational supervisors and internal- external locus of control scale was used to determine supervisors’ locus of control. the findings show that educational supervisors preferred respectively nondirective supervision, collaborative supervision and directive supervision styles. according to internal-external locus of control, there is a statistically significant difference between nondirective and directive supervisory styles. while external control oriented supervisors preferred directive supervision style, internal control oriented supervisors preferred nondirective supervisory style. based upon the scores on the internal-external locus of control scale, the findings show that there is no significant difference in terms of the preferred collaborative supervision styles