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Peer reviewedTorelli, Joseph A.; Gmelch, Walter H. – People and Education, 1993
Surveys 1,000 Washington principals and superintendents to ascertain the nature and extent of their occupational stress and burnout and the association with sex role orientation. Superintendents perceive less task-based and conflict-mediating stress than do principals, but report more externally caused stress. Task-based stress is the best…
Descriptors: Burnout, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals, Sex Differences
Download full textGmelch, Walter H.; Torelli, Joseph A. – 1993
Findings of a study that examined the relationship of administrative role conflict and ambiguity with stress and burnout are presented in this paper. A survey sent to 1,000 Washington State administrators (250 each from the following groups--elementary, junior, and senior high school principals; and superintendents) elicited 741 returns, a 74…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Burnout
