The purpose of this study is to assess to what extent public school principals experience role uncertainty and risk on the job and to examine the joint effect of school principals' leadership style and use of power bases on school outcomes, under perceived role uncertainty and role risk. Questionnaires were administrated to 191 school principals…

Examines conflict and ambiguity in the pedagogical and administrative domains of principals' roles. Questionnaires completed by 65 elementary school principals in Israel and content analysis of formal education documents indicate that role stress forces principals to neglect pedagogical duties in favor of administrative duties. (Author/MLF)