[[alternative]]Reflectiveness of the Life, Work and Family--A Study on Middle-aged High-Tech Engineer in Semi-Conductor Field

[[abstract]] 在生命之流中，中年是一個反省過去、策劃未來，進行生命反思最好的時機；經過去蕪存菁和重整人生方向及目標的統整過程後，中年人重新安排生命的優先順序，為充實豐盈的生命意義而努力。本論文以十位年齡介於35歲至41歲之半導體高科技工程師為訪談對象，以工作、人際及家人關係和生命反思為研究主軸，研究目的有五： （一）瞭解中年高科技工程師對其產業環境發展之觀點及工作特質認知（二）探討中年高科技工程師在家庭面與社會面角色扮演與人際互動之表現（三）深究中年高科技工程師對其生涯體驗之反思（四）解析中年高科技工程師在工作、家庭與生命三個層面間之交互關聯（五）呈現中年高科技工程師生命意義的內涵 研究方法包括觀察法，而以深度訪談和紮根理論研究法為主。在正式訪談進行前，研究者先行訪談五位年輕工程師和五位外籍工程師對一般中年工程師的看法，也與一位非工程職之48歲中年同仁進行前置訪談，以充實研究內容和熟習訪談過程。訪談大綱分為書面訪談和半結構式深度訪談兩種，所得資料經整理後，分析出「生命框架的形構」、「生命角色的扮演」、「生命盤點的進行」、「生命內涵的呈現」和「生命終點的想像」等五種核心範疇。受訪者的生命意義則由人生觀、價值觀、生活目標、生命意義、死亡觀與死亡態度等方面呈現之。[[abstract]] In the course of individualized life, the middle age is the best moment for contemplating the past, planning for the future, and having the reflectiveness on life. After integrating the ups and downs and re-evaluating the directions and goals in life, the middle-aged people reset their life priorities, and thrive for a fruitful living. This study interviews ten engineers aged from 35 to 41 years in the semi-conductor field and takes their work, interpersonal and family relation as well as their reflectiveness on life as the main theme. The objective of this research is listed as below : 1. To understand middle-aged high-tech engineers’ views on the development of industrial environment and their recognition of work; 2. To discuss middle-aged high-tech engineers’ roles in the family, society and their performance in the interpersonal relation; 3. To study the course of middle-aged high-tech engineers’ reflectiveness on life; 4. To analyze the inter-relations among work, family and life of high-tech engineers; and 5. To present middle-aged high-tech engineers’ views on the meanings and its essence of life. The research methods employed in this study include observation with focuses on in-depth interview and grounded theory. Before the formal interview begins, the researcher interviews five younger engineers and five foreign engineers for their opinions on middle-aged engineers in general. The study then proceeds an interview with a 48-year-old and non-engineer colleague in order to solidify the content of the research. The framework of the research method is divided into written interview and semi-constructed and in-depth interview. After examining the interview results, five core categories are analyzed, namely the structure of life frame, the play of life role, the course of having life contemplation, the presentation of life essence, and the imagination of the end of life. These interviewees’ meanings of life are presented through life perspective, life value, life goal, life meaning, and view and attitude toward death