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Female Traditional Principals And Co-Principals: Experiences Of Role Conflict And Job Satisfaction, Ellen Eckman, Sheryl Talcott Kelber

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

This paper presents a secondary analysis of survey data focusing on role conflict and job satisfaction of 102 female principals. Data were collected from 51 female traditional principals and 51 female co-principals. By examining the traditional and co-principal leadership models as experienced by female principals, this paper addresses the impact of the type of leadership model (traditional principalship or co-principalship) has on women principals with regard to role conflict and job satisfaction. The co-principals experienced lower levels of role conflict and higher levels of job satisfaction than did the female traditional principals.