Wiese
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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | Successful re-entry into work life after a maternity leave | ||||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | This project aims at contributing to our knowledge of professional development in specifying the motivational and attitudinal predictors of work outcomes during an important life transition that a majority of women face at least once during adult years: re-entering the workforce after maternity leave (i.e., time a mother takes off from work after the birth of a child, ranging from a few weeks to several years). From an individual perspective, success of workforce re-entry is hypothesized to be negatively influenced by implicit and explicit stereotypical gender-role attitudes but to be supported by setting and successfully pursuing personal work goals that focus on the implementation of pro-active socialization strategies and skill acquisition. The success of individual attempts to coordinate work and family life during the re-transition to work, however, might be moderated by systemic influences such as the work-family climate within the employing organization or within the mother's social network. | ||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | maternity leave, job re-entry, work, family, personal goals, gender-role attitudes | ||||
| Project leadership and contacts / Projektleitung und Kontakte |
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| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
SNF (Personen- und Projektförderung) Project No. 100013-112548/1 |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Aug 2006 to Apr 2010 |