On values and phenomenology

This article considers the drivers of professional happiness among academic consumer psychologists, and presents a model of the recursive dynamics of favorable and unfavorable professional phenomenology, which was developed based on a series of depth interviews with a diverse set of respondents. Core professional values typically shared by consumer psychologists are discussed, as are the roadblocks that cause disconnects between individuals' values and their professional experiences. The paper additionally discusses ubiquitous experiential traps that powerfully undermine professional happiness, and concludes with prescriptive advice for creating departments that facilitate the productivity and well-being of constituent faculty.