TY - JOUR
T1 - Resilience and work-life balance in first-line nurse manager
AU - Kim, Miyoung
AU - Windsor, Carol
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Ewha Womans University ( 2011-1892-001-1 ) Research Grant of 2011.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015, Korean Society of Nursing Science.
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - Summary 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.
AB - Summary 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.
KW - interview
KW - nurse managers
KW - psychological resilience
KW - qualitative research
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U2 - 10.1016/j.anr.2014.09.003
DO - 10.1016/j.anr.2014.09.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 25829206
AN - SCOPUS:84926157882
VL - 9
SP - 21
EP - 27
JO - Asian Nursing Research
JF - Asian Nursing Research
SN - 1976-1317
IS - 1
M1 - 119
ER -