Abstract
The aim of this paper is to show the subjectively held characteristics of emotional workloads and its determinants in principalship as they are reflected in the accounts of Israeli elementary and secondary school principals. Based on semi-structured interviews with 50 school principals, it seems that emotional workload includes aspects such as concern, pain, suffocation, discomfort, distress, worry, sadness, nuisance, emotional coping, and internal difficulties. Principals reported experiencing emotional workload 24 hours a day due to their ultimate responsibility over the teachers' and students' safety and well-being. In this sense, they exposed a latent form of principal time use that consists of worry, sadness, never-ending thoughts about school members in troubles, and so forth during their working time, leisure time, and even during their nights.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | How School Principals Use Their Time |
| Subtitle of host publication | Implications for School Improvement, Administration and Leadership |
| Editors | Moosung Lee, Katina Pollock, Pierre Tulowitzki |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group |
| Pages | 215-228 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429327902 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780367347796 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2 May 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences