Assessing and addressing faculty morale: Cultivating consciousness, empathy, and empowerment

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Norman, Marie ^a   Ambrose, Susan A ^a   Huston, Therese A ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645752273     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2006.0013     Document Type: Review

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