Employee lactation: A review and recommendations for research, practice, and policy

Thomas, Candice L.; Murphy, Lauren D.; Mills, Maura J.; Zhang, Jing; Fisher, Gwenith G.; Clancy, Rebecca L.

doi:10.1016/j.hrmr.2021.100848

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“…Finally, while some past studies such as Thomas and Murphy (2020) predicted employee innovativeness to directly predict the organizational outcome, this present study found that this relationship was enhanced by customer-centricity. Brochs-Haukedal (2017) identified customer-centricity as both an organizational culture and strategy, which focuses on identifying customers’ expectations and satisfying their needs.…”

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confidence: 76%

“…This finding further contributes to transformational leadership theory, which stresses the need for leaders to study followers and how employees will trust and be more productive under leaders (Burns, 1978). It was further identified that employee innovativeness had a positive effect on the organizational competitiveness of insurers, which was in tandem with studies such as Thomas and Murphy (2020). The influence of transformational leadership on organizational competitiveness could therefore be explained through the mediating role of employee innovativeness.…”

Section: Discussion Of Results and Theoretical Contributionsupporting

confidence: 64%

“…From these relationships, it could be realized that, although transformational leadership could have some direct effects on the competitiveness of insurance firms (Widodo and Mawarto, 2020), this effect could also be seen through the intervention of employee innovativeness. That is, it is expected that transformational leadership characteristics will create the needed atmosphere for employee innovativeness to thrive (Su et al, 2020;Suifan et al, 2018), while innovative employees will in turn enhance the competitiveness of insurance firms (Thomas and Murphy, 2020). We, therefore, hypothesize that: H2.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Transformational leadership, employee self-efficacy, employee innovativeness, customer-centricity, and organizational competitiveness among insurance firms

Iddris¹,

Dogbe²,

Kparl³

2022

IJIS

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Purpose This study aims to assess how employee innovativeness, employee self-efficacy and customer-centricity intervene in the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational competitiveness of insurance firms. Design/methodology/approach This study was a survey, with data collected using a structured questionnaire. The population was the insurance firms in Ghana, and the target respondents were employees. The sample comprises 218 employees drawn from 19 insurers. Data was analyzed using structural equation modeling. Findings This study concludes that transformational leadership had a direct effect on organizational competitiveness. Employee innovativeness partially mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational competitiveness. Employee self-efficacy moderated the effect of transformational leadership on employee innovativeness. Finally, customer-centricity moderated the effect of employee innovativeness on the organizational competitiveness of insurance firms. Research limitations/implications Future studies should pay particular attention to the individual dimensions of transformational leadership (individualized consideration, intellectual stimulation, inspirational motivation and idealized influence), in combination with the other constructs studied. Practical implications Insurance is a service industry, which sells mostly unsolicited products. Customer-centricity is therefore very crucial in achieving organizational competitiveness. Attention should also be paid to transformational leadership and employee self-efficacy, as they enhanced employee innovativeness needed for competitive advantage. Originality/value This study contributed to the understanding of the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational competitiveness, by identifying employee innovativeness, employee self-efficacy and customer centricity, as intervening variables.

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confidence: 64%

Section: Mediation Role Of Employee Innovativenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Iddris¹,

Dogbe²,

Kparl³

2022

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“…The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 requires employers to provide their employees with unpaid breaks for breastfeeding and dedicated breastfeeding spaces (see Thomas et al, 2020 for a summary of legal mandates). However, substantial research shows mixed evidence for the availability of lactation breaks and lactation rooms improving breastfeeding behaviours (Thomas et al, 2021). Even if an organization provides lactation rooms and breaks, that does not mean employees will use them or those resources will support their breastfeeding (Gabriel et al, 2020; Ocampo‐Guirindola et al, 2018).…”

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I don't want to leave my child: How mothers and fathers affect mother's breastfeeding duration and leave length

Van Egdom,

Piszczek,

Wen

et al. 2023

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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After the birth of a child, employed mothers must make return‐to‐work and breastfeeding decisions. Prior organizational research focuses on how the mother's work environment affects these decisions, yet they are made with personal and relationship considerations in mind. We use the work‐home resources model and identity theory to address two pressing questions. First, do mothers' identity and fathers' paternity leave provide resources for supporting breastfeeding and return to work? Second, can mothers' separation anxiety help explain the psychological mechanisms for this process? We expect more work‐centric mothers and those whose partners take longer leaves to have lower maternal separation anxiety, and thereby shorter maternity leave length and shorter breastfeeding duration. We leverage the National Institute of Child Health and Development's Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. We conducted analyses using data from 491 families and nine time points from childbirth to 3 years post birth. Consistent with the work‐home resources model, the father's leave length is negatively related to mother's separation anxiety, which is positively related to her leave length. We also found that the father's leave length is directly and positively related to mother's leave length and breastfeeding duration, and the mother's work centrality is negatively related to her leave length. We explain how these results fit into the work‐home resources model and suggest organizations should provide mothers with control over return‐to‐work decisions and encourage longer paternity leave.

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“…Instead of discussing and addressing these systemic and structural issues, the infant formula shortage quickly devolved into a breastfeeding-versus-formula-feeding battle. The negative discourse between breastfeeding and formula supporters across social media platforms reinforced parenting wars, defensiveness, guilt, and shame while taking attention off the true culprits: the lack of policies and practices3 (eg, paid parental leave, workplace lactation accommodations, Baby-Friendly Hospitals, Medicaid expansion, and greater federal oversight of infant formula production, safety,4 and unethical marketing practices5) that prioritize capitalistic goals and corporate profits over human milk feeding and the health and well-being of birthing and lactating parents.…”

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Infant Formula Shortage

2022

Journal of Perinatal &Amp; Neonatal Nursing

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Employee lactation: A review and recommendations for research, practice, and policy

Cited by 8 publications

References 150 publications

Transformational leadership, employee self-efficacy, employee innovativeness, customer-centricity, and organizational competitiveness among insurance firms

Transformational leadership, employee self-efficacy, employee innovativeness, customer-centricity, and organizational competitiveness among insurance firms

I don't want to leave my child: How mothers and fathers affect mother's breastfeeding duration and leave length

Infant Formula Shortage

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