Project: Successful re-entry into working life after a maternity leave

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.

Contact

PD Dr. Bettina S. Wiese, Psychologisches Institut der Universität Zürich,
Binzmühlestrasse 14/11, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland,
Tel. +41 (0)44 635 71 96, beruf-und-familie@psychologie.uzh.ch

Staff Members

funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (Projektnr. 10-112548/1).