**4. Results and discussion**

This study used in-depth interviews, field notes, and documents to investigate how principal supervisors perceive and experience their jobs, the difficulties they encounter, and the environment they need to have a long-lasting impact on their assigned principals and schools. The results revealed three themes and associated sub-themes, which were gleaned from the thematic analysis of the interviews with the participating principal supervisors. The three main themes were as follows: (1) the duties and responsibilities of principal supervisors, (2) the obstacles principal supervisors face in fulfilling their obligations, and (3) the circumstances principal supervisors require for optimal leadership performance.
