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School Administrator Mistreatment of Teachers

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International Handbook of Research on Teachers and Teaching

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This chapter presents an overview of major concepts, typologies, and theories of workplace mistreatment-abuse as well as findings on abusive behavior and effects. This is followed by summaries of findings from two studies of school principal mistreatment-abuse of public school teachers. The remainder of the chapter consists of a brief methodological critique of extant related research, suggestions for future research, and implications for teacher education.

During the past 15 years, there has been a proliferation of international scholarly research and theoretical models focusing on the problem of workplace mistreatment-abuse. Significant work has been produced in countries such as Finland, Sweden, Norway, France, Great Britain, Australia, the United States, and Canada. Legislation and organizational policies addressing the workplace mistreatment-abuse problem have also emerged in several of these countries (e.g., Blase & Blase, 2003a; Einarsen, Hoel, Zapf, & Cooper, 2003; Keashly, 1998; Rayner, Hoel, & Cooper, 2002).

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Blase, J. (2009). School Administrator Mistreatment of Teachers. In: Saha, L.J., Dworkin, A.G. (eds) International Handbook of Research on Teachers and Teaching. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 21. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73317-3_28

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