Table 2 Coding Samples.
Original excerpt | Initial code | Axial theme | System level |
|---|---|---|---|
“Even if each student only asks one question a day, I still have to answer over 200. Isn’t that exhausting?” | Overwhelming daily student interactions | Interpersonal overload | Microsystem |
The academic affairs office doesn’t care what we’re doing. When they need something, we have to jump. | Unilateral institutional expectations | Cross-departmental disconnection | Mesosystem |
It’s been getting more intense these years. I’m older now—it’s over for me | Age and policy-related career fatigue | Temporal exhaustion and hopelessness | Chronosystem |
