The New Professor (Scenario)
Samir has recently received his Ph.D. and has begun teaching at a large university. Prior to his first day of class, Samir's department head had lunch with him and explained what was expected of a new professor in terms of maintaining discipline in his classroom, providing students with a challenging course, and keeping grades down. Later that week Samir met with other professors in a faculty meeting. During that meeting, a number of issues were discussed and, although Samir did not agree with all of them, he did not feel comfortable discussing his position because he was a new assistant professor and the others were more senior. However, in watching the reactions of other professors, he got the feeling that some of them disagreed with a few issues, too, but did not want to say anything because doing so might be disruptive.
-In Samir's first faculty meeting, his reluctance to say anything because he was a new professor reveals that he was conscious of his________ .

Question

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Samir's reluctance to express disagreement may be due to a concern about his status in the department as a new assistant professor. He may fear being seen as overly defiant or not fitting in with the norms of the department.