ABSTRACT The current study traced the principal’s own interpretation of loneliness in the workplace throughout various career stages in the principal’s career cycle. The study posed two questions: (1) How do school principals explain the personal and organisational factors that influence their loneliness experience as it relates to different contexts? (2) How do school principals interpret their loneliness experience during work in relation to their career stage? Based on semi-structured interviews with eight elementary and secondary school principals from Israel, we differentiated between two aspects of loneliness as perceived by the interviewees: one is loneliness that is associated with disappointment in the school staff performance and commitment to work. The other is loneliness associated with a sense of over-identification with the school accompanied by sensitivity to criticism. From an analysis of the principals’ accounts, several insights can be provided. Empirical and practical implications are suggested.

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校长的孤独感：职业阶段视角

摘要 当前的研究追溯了校长在校长职业周期的各个职业阶段对工作场所孤独感的解释。该研究提出了两个问题：(1) 校长如何解释影响他们孤独体验的个人和组织因素，因为它与不同的环境有关？(2) 校长如何结合自己的职业阶段来解读工作中的孤独感？根据对来自以色列的八名中小学校长的半结构化访谈，我们区分了受访者所感知的孤独的两个方面：一个是与对学校教职工表现和工作承诺感到失望有关的孤独。另一个是孤独感与对学校的过度认同感以及对批评的敏感性。通过对委托人账户的分析，可以提供一些见解。建议了实证和实际意义。