Leadership Style and Stress Coping Methods Among Institutional Administrators in the Situation of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The pandemic situation of COVID-19 has greatly affected the daily life in many aspects, causing changes in social systems so rapidly that humans have to adjust their lifestyles to cope with this unpleasant situation. This includes the school administrators who must provide education in accordance with the new normal, both physical and mental preparation of instructors and learners under the COVID-19 situation, by use of situational leadership style to suit and adapt to rapidly changing situations. When a person is unable to adjust himself in a proper timely would cause many problems both physically and mentally. Strategies for coping with stress are making an effort, both behavioral and psychologically that people must use together to control and minimize stressful situations. In the part of the school administrators, one important coping technique is trying to deal with problems proactively so that to prevent problems in advance from occurring or recurring. Executives need to use stress management skills constructively, ie, they are responsible for trying to manage stress effectively, and reduce the stress that causes the negative effects to a minimum by adjusting the attitude towards stress, organize daily management system, manage tasks by setting goals in advance, manage tasks by specifying priorities, follow up the situation and prevent personel from exhaustion or burntout.  However, Lazarus & Folkman's theory of stress and coping with stress will give an explanation and clear instructions which are easy to understand and to be studied and practiced so that a person can deal with stress and knowingly keeping the mental balance back to normality.