A national sample of &8) high school principals shared their knowledge and provided their perceptions regarding personal use of time management techniques and the levels of stress they experienced. The purpose of this study was to challenge the long-held assumption that the use of popular time management techniques (viewed as management functions classified as planning, organizing, directing, controlling, communicating, and decision making) influences levels of stress. Singular and composite correlations (based on stepwise multiple regression analysis) indicated at best a negligible relationship between the use of time management techniques and stress. Although the application of time management techniques enumerated in this study may affect a principal's stress level in an individual case, generally, little impact on stress may be expected Thus this study contravenes the explicit connection between time management and stress that is promoted as an administrative practice among high school principals.
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