School Leadership in Crisis: A Job Demands-Resources Model of Saskatchewan School Administrators’ Work, Stress, and Burnout

This article mobilizes the Job Demands-Resource (JD-R) model and draws on data from a longitudinal study of Saskatchewan school administrators’ work and wellbeing to situate and trouble the enduring nature of high job demands, low job resources, and stress for incumbents in this province. Our findi...

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Main Authors: Donna Swapp, Pamela Osmond-Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta 2025-08-01
Series:Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education
Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jcie/index.php/JCIE/article/view/29743
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