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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
Gmelch, Walter H.; Chan, Wilbert – 1994
When properly managed, stress can serve as a key to successful job performance. This book explores the link between pressure and performance in schools. It shows how to recognize stress as both a facilitator and debilitator of effective performance. Chapter 1 serves as a personal stress checkup. Chapter 2 explores the myths of administrative…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Coping
