Within this article, we thematically present common challenges associated with the role of
the rural principal. In this literature review, we delimit our search to work published from …

School principals play an invaluable role in schools', teachers', and students' success;
therefore, it is of particular importance that we learn, through empirical research, about the …

Various job demands continue to be very stressing and exhausting for school administrators
who have to work under unprecedented pressure. This qualitative study explores the various …

This study is designed to understand how principals perceive the common stressors
associated with leading an educational enterprise and propose strategies for relief from job …

Most teachers become heads for idealistic reasons, wanting to make a difference to the lives
of children and young people. Yet serving heads suggest the job is getting harder, talking …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test the model first presented by Federici and
Skaalvik (2012) involving the relationships among four attributes of principals' work: self …

Utilizing rich data on nearly 11,000 educators over 17 academic years in a highly diverse
context, we examine the career paths of teachers to determine whether and when they …

Despite concerns about turnover among administrators, conditions that influence career
longevity intentions of school principals are less known. To address this gap in the literature …

Purpose–This article aims to set the scene for this Special Issue on beginning principals and
to inform one's understanding of how new principals manage their work lives to make a …

Based on a secondary analysis of studies on Flemish primary schools, the article argues that
the metaphor of the gatekeeper, on the threshold between the outside‐school and the inside …