워킹맘의 일에서의 개인적 몰입/비몰입 경험에 대한 현상학적 연구

This study focuses on how they experience personal enagagement and disengagement at work, and what promotes and hinders their personal engagement and disengagement at work. By conducting this study, the research aims to understand the psychological inner world of working mothers, and find a practical intervention to help working mothers. In conclusion, the main findings of this study are as follows: personal engagement experiences were categorized into four components and 11 subcomponents while personal disengagment experiences were categorized into four components and 12 subcomponents. Four components for personal engagement experiences at work are 1) working professionally, 2) external factors affect engagement, 3) focusing only on the present, 4) gathered engagement moments become my energy. Also, personal disengagement components are 1) working with time and physical limitation, 2) risk of unbalance between work and family, 3) motivation to work decreased, 4) compromise rather than do their best. The fixed structure at work which were observed through the study on working mothers' personal engagement and disengagement at work revealed the reality and reasons why working mothers find it challenging to engage at work while they have already experienced personal engagement and know how to be immersed at work, and they still try to accept the reality and compromise to keep the balance between work and family.