Table 1.

Structured Interview Guide

1. What is your personal work-life balancing philosophy?

2. What factors influence work-life balancing for you?

3. What strategies do you use personally to promote a balanced life?

4. What strategies do you rely upon to help your staff find a balance?

5. How do you think your staff would describe the working environment as it currently stands?

6. What do you enjoy most about your current position?

7. What potential obstacles/challenges do you come across in your current position and how do you negotiate them?

8. What is your supervisor's philosophy regarding work-life balancing?

9. Describe your administration's support of the athletic training staff.

10. Describe your working relationship with the coaches you work with. What role do they play in the fulfillment of work-life balance for you and your staff?

11. What do you do to stay professionally motivated?

12. What advice would you give to your students or a young, newly certified athletic trainer on how to be successful in the athletic training profession while maintaining a work-life balance? (This advice can be for success at the Division I setting and/or any athletic training setting.)