THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO PROFESSIONAL WELL-BEING OF LITHUANIAN SCHOOL HEADS

Abstract

The article is sought to highlight the notion of professional well-being of school heads. The relevance of the research topic is presupposed by the tensions that contemporary Lithuanian school heads encounter with under the conditions of continuous change in education.  The theoretical model of factors that have an impact on school heads’ professional well-being serves as a methodological approach for investigation into the said phenomenon in Lithuania. Empirical data gained through focus group discussion provides evidence on Lithuanian school heads’ l professionawell-being constitution. KEYWORDS: well-being, Lithuanian school heads. DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/atee.v1i0.674