A study of the jobs of 255 headteachers in England and Wales was replicated with twenty elementary school principals in Texas. These studies examined the most important and most time-consuming tasks of the headteachers’ and principals’ jobs, the context factors of the jobs, and the work-related personality characteristics of the job incumbents. The results of the study have been used as a tool for the professional development of the twenty principals; they also suggest direction for further exploration of comparisons and contrasts between jobs of headteachers and principals.
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