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Peer reviewedGmelch, Walter H.; Swent, Boyd – Journal of Educational Administration, 1984
An exploratory field study of 1,156 Oregon school administrators identified 12 sources of stress shared at all administrative levels. These stressors included complying with rules, attending meetings, completing reports on time, gaining public support, resolving parent-school conflicts, evaluating staff, making decisions affecting others, and five…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGmelch, Walter H.; Swent, Boyd – NASSP Bulletin, 1981
Describes the most frequent stress producers identified by school administrators. Suggests four areas that warrant further training and improvement--time management, interpersonal relations, community relations, and coping with rules and regulations. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrators, Conflict
Download full textGmelch, Walter H.; Swent, Boyd – 1982
School administrators suffer greater stress from administrative constraints than from any other stress factors, according to a survey of over 1,150 Oregon elementary and secondary principals and vice-principals, superintendents, and central office administrators. Researchers isolated 35 stressors, or stress-inducing situations, that could be…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Administrators
