Assistant school principal according to the stressors at work
The work of assistant principals in the province of Quebec was the primary focus in this study. Comparing work-related stressors of 67 assistant school principals and 171 school principals, an analysis of variance revealed that vice-principals are less stressed by administrative constraints than principals, particularly with regards to workload, long hours, and complying with rules and procedures. However, a complementary analysis of the data shows that they suffer more from the lack of information to do their work, and less with regard to conflict management with the staff or with managing the budget. Such results point to the need to reflect upon the distinctions which exist between the different roles of vice-principal and principal in order to review principal preparation programs as well as how a leadership team should operate.