Family Responsive Policies and Employee Retention Following Childbirth

Glass, Jennifer; Riley, Lisa A.

doi:10.1093/sf/76.4.1401

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“…Welfare state literature and feminist literature aiming to incorporate gender into the former reveal complex and often contradictory consequences of leave policies. Paid leave schemes and childcare services are generally seen to strengthen women's ties to paid work (Ruhm 1998;Glass and Riley 1998) by raising female employment rates, reducing new mothers' labour-market exits, and decreasing their job tumover.…”

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confidence: 99%

Parental Leave Policies, Gender Equity and Family Well-Being in Europe: A Comparative Perspective

Wall

Escobedo

2012

Social Indicators Research Series

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This new series aims to provide a public forum for single treatises and collections of papers on social indicators research that are long to be published in joumal Social Indicators Research. Like the joumal, the book series deals with statistal assessments of the quality of life from a broad perspective, It welcomes the research on a wide variety of substantive areas, including health, crime, housing, education, family life, leisure activities, transportation, mobility, economcs, work, religion and environmental issues. These areas ofresearch wi\l focus on the impact ofkey issues such as health on the overall quality oflife and vice versa An intemational review board, consisting of Ruut Veenhoven, Joachim Vogel, Ed Diener, Torbjom Moum, AÍljam A.G. Sprangers and Wolfgang Glantzer, will ensure the high quality of the series as a hole.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Parental Leave Policies, Gender Equity and Family Well-Being in Europe: A Comparative Perspective

Wall

Escobedo

2012

Social Indicators Research Series

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“…(Glass, 1998;Kahn et al, 1964). According to Pleck et al (1980), too much work, afternoon shift work, working conditions with no flexibility, the lack of ability to leave the job in emergency conditions are among the most important challenges in work-life issues.…”

Section: Work-life Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining the organizational citizenship behavior as the outcome of organizational commitment: Case study of universities in Ilam

Mirabizadeh¹,

Gheitasi²

2012

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Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) is one of the most important factors on improving the efficiency of organizations. The proposed study of this paper investigates the relative importance of OCB in different universities located in the province of Ilam, Iran. The study distributes 220 questionnaires, collects 199 and analyzes them using LISREL software package. There are four hypotheses associated with this survey and the results indicate that educational opportunities, work-life policy, empowerment activities have strong positive relationship on organizational commitment and organizational commitment also influences organizational citizenship behavior, accordingly.

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“…Family friendly policies may include assistance with childcare, education programs, lactation programs, and support systems (Cardenas, 2005;Glass & Riley, 1998). Often these policies have a significant impact on working mothers.…”

Section: Family Friendly Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another prominent economic concern is in regards to the effects of career interruption (Glass & Riley 1998). The career loss that may be suffered for a time gap in the workplace may significantly alter a woman's earning capacity as well as alter career building opportunities.…”

Section: Economicmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Durst's (2005) explanation about the origins and evolution of childcare provide a context for understanding some of the negative associations around the choice to use childcare, as well as help to explain how as women have increasingly demanded childcare other opinions have formed. Depending on the social influence group a mother is originating in, she can have positive or negative associations with using childcare and being a working mother (Glass & Riley, 1998). A mother's social circle and family can also have an influence on the opinion a woman holds about placing her child in care and returning to work (Pungello& Kurtz-Costes, 2000).…”

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Working Mothers' Decisions, Experiences and Feelings about using On-Site Childcare

Hixson-Somanchi¹

2000

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On-site childcare is an ever-increasing form of childcare. By understanding the decisions, experiences and feelings of mothers using on-site centers, informed policy decisions about viable childcare models can be made.In the broadest terms current literature reveals that economic, societal, functional, and psychological factors influence a mother's decisions in regards to using childcare.This study used these markers as the basis for the development of questions to ascertain the experiences, feelings and decisions of mothers using on-site childcare.A phenomenological method was used. Twenty-four participants using on-site childcare from four organizations in different industries were located through a snowball sample for in-depth interviews. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and coded to derive themes of experiences.The findings reveal that on-site childcare impacts previously described effects of childcare. The factors of primary influence are child proximity and organizational support.The influence of close proximity can be seen in the themes of Networking,

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Family Responsive Policies and Employee Retention Following Childbirth

Cited by 126 publications

References 26 publications

Parental Leave Policies, Gender Equity and Family Well-Being in Europe: A Comparative Perspective

Parental Leave Policies, Gender Equity and Family Well-Being in Europe: A Comparative Perspective

Examining the organizational citizenship behavior as the outcome of organizational commitment: Case study of universities in Ilam

Working Mothers' Decisions, Experiences and Feelings about using On-Site Childcare

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