The Job at the Top: Beloved, Beleaguered, and Too Often Beheaded.

Shank, John K.

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ERIC Number: EJ213719

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Publication Date: 1979-Oct

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The Job at the Top: Beloved, Beleaguered, and Too Often Beheaded.

Shank, John K.

Independent School, v39 n1 p13-14,17-18 Oct 1979

The author compares the position of a school head to the head of a complex organization, and discusses four sets of circumstances or factors which help to explain the special isolation and anxiety of the school head's job. He concludes with some suggestions to trustees which would make the principal's, or head's, job easier. (KC)

Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, Anxiety, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Essays, Job Skills, Morale, Presidents, Principals, Social Isolation, Stress Variables, Trustees

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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