Understanding the Multidimensional Nature of School Principals’ Well-Being

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Abstract

This research tackles the nuances and complexities surrounding the notion of well-being and examines its manifestation and contributing factors. Data for this research come from an online survey among British Columbia principals. This research utilized reliability, factor, correlation analysis and the structural equation modeling (SEM) and examined how principals’ well-being is manifested and what underlying relationships exist between each dimension in relation to principals’ overall well-being and their demographics. The results reaffirm that well-being encompasses dimensions that speak to different but interrelated aspects of a principal’s well-being, among which emotional and psychological well-being has been revealed as a vital component. The findings have significant implications on well-being related support for school principals in preparing them for the increasingly demanding job

Author

• Fei Wang, University of British Columbia