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Assessing and Addressing Faculty Morale: Cultivating Consciousness, Empathy, and Empowerment
- The Review of Higher Education
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 29, Number 3, Spring 2006
- pp. 347-379
- 10.1353/rhe.2006.0013
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Drawing on narrative theory, we propose a scenario-based approach to conducting discussions among junior and senior faculty about issues affecting job satisfaction. This study reports how discussions of fictional scenarios (based on data drawn from 123 faculty interviews) prompt open dialogue, foster greater consciousness, empathy, and empowerment among faculty, and guide positive institutional responses.