萬廣祥. / 複印本. / Thesis (M.A.)--香港中文大學敎育學院. / Fu yin ben. / Includes bibliographical references. / Wan Guangxiang. / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue jiao yu xue yuan. / Chapter 第一章 --- 引言 / 問題的背景 --- p.1 / 研究的目的 --- p.3 / 研究的意義 --- p.4 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻省覽及理論架構 / 中學校長的角色與職責 --- p.5 / 校長的工作範疇 --- p.6 / 校長工作的複雜性 --- p.17 / 校長的角色混淆 --- p.18 / 校長的個人責任 --- p.19 / 校長的工作量 --- p.20 / 過去有關壓力的研究 --- p.21 / 壓力因素 --- p.22 / 工作壓力 --- p.23 / 壓力與個人緊張 --- p.27 / ［個人／環境］協調模式 --- p.31 / 本研究之理論架構 --- p.37 / Chapter 第三章 --- 研究方法 / 假設 --- p.50 / 定義 --- p.53 / 取樣 --- p.56 / 量表 --- p.57 / 數據收集 --- p.58 / 數據分析 --- p.59 / 限制 --- p.59 / Chapter 第四章 --- 分析結果 / 個人背景 --- p.60 / 個人背景與工作壓力 / 個人／環境協調量度分數的分析 --- p.65 / 個人／環境協與緊張的相關 --- p.66 / 社群助力與緊張的相關 --- p.74 / 社會前景與緊張的相關 --- p.75 / 心理緊張與行為緊張的相關 --- p.78 / 緊張與疾病的相關 --- p.79 / 校長的工作壓力因素 --- p.80 / Chapter 第五章 --- 討論、建議及總結 / 討論 --- p.82 / 建議 --- p.86 / 總結 --- p.89 / 參考書目及附錄

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