The Dark Side of Educational Leadership Superintendents and the Professional Victim Syndrome

"A resource to institutions of higher education and various state and national superintendent organizations and agencies, The Dark Side of Educational Leadership provides insights into specific resiliency behaviors that contribute to superintendents' abilities to overcome the trauma associated with being a professional victim. Specifically illuminating those issues that contribute most often to the victimization of superintendents. Polka and Litchka identify resiliency factors of most significance to superintendents in dealing with the professional victim syndrome, helping superintendents to better prepare for the professional victim syndrome during their professional career."--BOOK JACKET.

Peter R. Litchka is assistant professor of education and director of the graduate program in educational leadership at Loyola College in Maryland. Walter S. Polka is associate professor of educational leadership at the Niagara University College of Education in New York.