Stres a práce pod stresem u ředitelů škol

Stress is among phenomena that permeate the life of every individual. For school principals, as leaders and managers, i tis important to be able to manage stress and possess a certain resilience to stressful situations. The aim of this master’s thesis is to explore the issue of stress among selected school principals, to find out how stress affects principals, how school principals cope with stress, and based on the findings to propose recommendations and measures. Qualitative research was used to collect data, specifically in-depth semi-structured interviews, which were coded and interpreted after literal transcription. The interviews were complemented with outputs from the percieved stress scale tool. It was found that stress acts on school principals as a motivator to increace performance; furthermore, in the prevention of stress, school principals utilize relaxation techniques, physical aktivity, delegation and sharing. Work-life balance is disrupted mainly due to the volume of woek obligations and deficiencies in time-management. Recommendations included tools for better scheduling of work time, mental health care, and the use of supervisions within the teaching staff.