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This paper presents findings of a study that: (1) identified the most salient organization, personal, and professional factors contributing to administrator burnout; and (2) determined the relationship among these variables to each of the three dimensions of burnout. Data were obtained from a survey of 1,000 school administrators--169 elementary principals, 149 junior high/middle principals, 177 high school principals, and 161 superintendents--which produced 656 usable returns. Three subscales of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were used to measure three dependent variables--emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the relationships with the following independent variables: administrator characteristics, and factors of social support, stress, coping, and personality. Findings indicate that emotional exhaustio