背景:研究工作与生活平衡的研究人员从个人主义的角度研究了政策制定和实施,以创造一个家庭友好的工作环境,而不是从一群在同一主管下工作的员工那里。
目的:从运动训练人员的角度调查影响美国大学体育协会(NCAA)I部临床环境中工作与生活平衡的因素。
方法:定性研究。
方法:基于Web的管理系统。
方法:8名运动教练(5名男子,3名女性;年龄=38±7岁)在NCAAI部设置中。
方法:参与者通过记录他们的想法和经历来回答一系列问题。我们包括数据源三角剖分,多重分析师三角剖分,和同行评审,以建立数据可信度。我们通过扎根的理论方法分析了数据。
结果:数据中出现了三个主题。以家庭为导向和支持性的工作环境被描述为通过专业和个人共同目标促进和鼓励工作与生活平衡的工作场所。非工作场所包括活动,比如锻炼和个人爱好,提供了远离运动教练角色的时间。个人主义策略反映出,尽管运动训练人员必须共同努力并相互支持,每个工作人员都必须有自己的个人策略来管理个人和专业责任。
结论:在NCAAI部临床环境中成功的工作环境的基础可能以主管的管理风格为中心,尤其是在他或她的员工中促进团队合作的人。尽管家庭友好的工作环境对于工作与生活的平衡是必要的,运动训练人员的每个成员都必须制定个人策略,以充分实现平衡。
BACKGROUND: Researchers studying work-life balance have examined policy development and implementation to create a family-friendly work environment from an individualistic perspective rather than from a cohort of employees working under the same supervisor.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate what factors influence work-life balance within the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I clinical setting from the perspective of an athletic training staff.
METHODS: Qualitative study.
METHODS: Web-based management system.
METHODS: Eight athletic trainers (5 men, 3 women; age = 38 ± 7 years) in the NCAA Division I setting.
METHODS: Participants responded to a series of questions by journaling their thoughts and experiences. We included data-source triangulation, multiple analyst triangulation, and peer review to establish data credibility. We analyzed the data via a grounded theory approach.
RESULTS: Three themes emerged from the data. Family-oriented and supportive work environment was described as a workplace that fosters and encourages work-life balance through professionally and personally shared goals. Nonwork outlets included activities, such as exercise and personal hobbies, that provide time away from the role of the athletic trainer. Individualistic strategies reflected that although the athletic training staff must work together and support one another, each staff member must have his or her own personal strategies to manage personal and professional responsibilities.
CONCLUSIONS: The foundation for a successful work environment in the NCAA Division I clinical setting potentially can center on the management style of the supervisor, especially one who promotes teamwork among his or her staff members. Although a family-friendly work environment is necessary for work-life balance, each member of the athletic training staff must have personal strategies in place to fully achieve a balance.