<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The worldwide implementation of school governance reforms over the last decades has changed the function and roles of school principals. Now identified as key players, these changes expose them to new health risks. International research has established the principalship to be highly demanding and stressful. This study addresses work stress, its main causes and coping strategies among school principals in French-speaking Switzerland. While they are most frequently bothered by time stressors, coping efforts are primarily directed at reducing or preventing conflictual interpersonal relations.</p></abstract>

The worldwide implementation of school governance reforms over the last decades has changed the function and roles of school principals. Now identified as key players, these changes expose them to new health risks. International research has established the principalship to be highly demanding and stressful. This study addresses work stress, its main causes and coping strategies among school principals in French-speaking Switzerland. While they are most frequently bothered by time stressors, coping efforts are primarily directed at reducing or preventing conflictual interpersonal relations.

School Principals’ Work Stress in an Era of New Education Governance

Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l’éducation

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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The worldwide implementation of school governance reforms over the last decades has changed the function and roles of school principals. Now identified as key...

School Principals’ Work Stress in an Era of New Education Governance

Published Online: Nov 21, 2019

Page range: 447 - 466

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2019-0021

Keywords
education governance, school principal, professional stress, coping strategies

© 2019 Carl Denecker, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

School Principals’ Work Stress in an Era of New Education Governance

Published Online: Nov 21, 2019

Page range: 447 - 466

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2019-0021

Keywordseducation governance, school principal, professional stress, coping strategies

© 2019 Carl Denecker, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
education governance, school principal, professional stress, coping strategies