Practices, Personal and School Factors That Influenced School Heads’ Job Stress and Satisfaction

• Main Authors: Innocent Kwame Bedi*, Hasso Kukemelk, Emanuele Bardone
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: RU Publications 2021-01-01
• Series: European Journal of Educational Research
• Subjects: school heads; job stress; practices; personal factors; school factors.
• Online Access: https://eu-jer.com/EU-JER_10_1_51.pdf

This study examined the influence of personal factors, school factors and practices performed on job stress and satisfaction. Quantitative research design and purposive sampling method were employed to sample school heads from senior high schools. Data was collected using a self-reported survey questionnaire and was analysed using exploratory, confirmatory and regression analysis to explore the relationships. In the results a high proportion of school heads are satisfied but feel stressed about their job and age, type of school, experience, position and practices performed, had a varied influence on job stress and job satisfaction. The authors advised on building the capacity of school heads in improving their health and performance.