| This qualitative phenomenological study explored personal experiences, hidden stories, and emotions from 15 former General Motors employees in Flint, Michigan who experienced the impact of outsourcing and downsizing. The phenomenological study employed a modified van Kaam's method by Moustakas with semi-structured, digital audio recorded and transcribed interviews to explore and track the respondents' well-being following job loss. A transcription was made of each interview session and QSR NVivo 8 qualitative analysis software enhanced the data analysis. A model illustrates the respondents' trajectory from General Motors' employees to former General Motors employees with an improved sense of well-being. The findings indicate that even though the time component varied and the trajectories to reaching a sense of improved well-being were different, each respondent eventually reached a sense of improved well-being. |
