KMID : 1022320150090010021
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Asian Nursing Research 2015 Volume.9 No. 1 p.21 ~ p.27
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Resilience and Work-life Balance in First-line Nurse Manager
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Kim Mi-Young
Carol Windsor
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Abstract
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore how first-line nurse managers constructed the meaning of resilience and its relationship to work-life balance for nurses in Korea.
Methods: Participants were 20 first-line nurse managers working in six university hospitals. Data were collected through in-depth interviews from December 2011 to August 2012, and analyzed using Strauss and Corbin's grounded theory method.
Results: Analysis revealed that participants perceived work-life balance and resilience to be shaped by dynamic, reflective processes. The features consisting resilience included ¡°positive thinking¡±, ¡°flexibility¡±, ¡°assuming responsibility¡±, and ¡°separating work and life¡±. This perception of resilience has the potential to facilitate a shift in focus from negative to positive experiences, from rigidity to flexibility, from task-centered to person-centered thinking, and from the organization to life.
Conclusions: Recognizing the importance of work-life balance in producing and sustaining resilience in first-line nurse managers could increase retention in the Korean nursing workforce.
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KEYWORD
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interview, nurse managers, qualitative research, psychological resilience
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