female managers’ experiences of work-family enrichment realization: a grounded theory study

Background: challenges created by the simultaneous management of family and work amongworking women, especially married female managers with children are serious issues affecting allhuman societies, including iran. accordingly, the present study aimed to explore the realizationof work-family enrichment based on the experiences of married female managers working inparsian bank.methods: this qualitative study was conducted using the grounded theory approach. thestudy participants were 22 female managers who were selected using purposive and theoreticalsampling methods from the staff of parsian bank, in 2019. the necessary data were collected bysemi-structured interviews. the collected data were analyzed using strauss & corbin open, axial,and selective coding method through constant comparison in maxqda.results: the obtained results indicated that female managers employed several strategies,including instrumental strategies, problem-solving management strategies, emotion-relatedstrategies, behavioral measures, and measures to improve personal development and growthfor work-family enrichment. the factors facilitating work-family enrichment were self-efficacy,emotional intelligence, support, and environmental network. however, other factors, includingsocio-cultural characteristics, the challenges of family cultural context, the non-supportiveculture of the organization, and the cultural challenges of society were barriers for work-familyenrichment. this process led to job satisfaction and satisfaction with marital life among theexamined female managers. the core variable manifested as “the multidimensional use of selfto enrich work and family”.conclusion: the insights from this study added to the knowledge of work-family enrichmentamong female managers. female managers and officials can use this model to better understandand manage family and work, concurrently.