Challenges of bank senior executives at midlife: a phenomenological case study

Abstract

provided a context to understand the phenomenon of midlife as experienced by individuals within this age group (Figure 1). As for Erikson, this period is associated with struggles with two opposing sides, which are generativity and stagnation, 17 while Jung sees midlife as associated with crisis which is inevitable and universal in which individuals experience necessary and valuable changes. 3 However, for Levinson this is just a transition and not a crisis. 18 Nevertheless, out of all these points of view, they all fall under the same path of achieving a strong sense of autonomy, individuation, and self-acceptance.

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“…33 To assess if the selected participants experience crisis, their neuroticism level was measured using the MIDI Personality Scale 31 because midlife crisis in the form of stagnation and death mortality can likely be measured if they possess high scores in the neuroticism scale. 27 Stress, anxiety, and depression, on the other hand, were the manifestation of crisis which were evaluated using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) 34 and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), 35 respectively. Participants who scored above average in neuroticism, very high in stress, and borderline to abnormal case in anxiety and depression were included in the study.…”