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Occupational Stress in Head Teachers: A National UK Study

In: From Stress to Wellbeing Volume 1

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  • Cary L. Cooper
  • Mike Kelly

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Over the years, research into occupational health and stress has concentrated on jobs suspected of being ‘stress risks’, such as air traffic controllers (Crump, Cooper & Maxwell, 1981). the police (Cooper et al., 1982), executives (van der Ploeg, Vis, Cooper & Spielberger, 1986), nurses working with the critically ill and dying (Cooper & Mitchell, 1990) and so on. Until recently, little systematic empirical work had been conducted to explore occupations or groups of workers undergoing transformation and change, although normally not thought to be under particular stress. One occupation which has undergone enormous legislative and occupational change during the last five years or more is the teaching profession (Cole & Walker. 1989). As the pressure has grown for those in teaching, more research to identify occupational stress has been undertaken, particularly on front line teachers themselves (Kyriacou & Pratt, 1985: Kyriacou, 1989).

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  • Cary L. Cooper & Mike Kelly, 2013. "Occupational Stress in Head Teachers: A National UK Study," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Cary L. Cooper (ed.), From Stress to Wellbeing Volume 1, chapter 18, pages 362-377, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-31065-1_18
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137310651_18
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