TY - JOUR
T1 - Successful Return to Work After Maternity Leave
T2 - Self-Regulatory and Contextual Influences
AU - Wiese, Bettina S.
AU - Heidemeier, Heike
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was made possible by two grants to the first author from the Swiss National Science Foundation (Grant-Nr.: 10000-112548/1, Grant-Nr.: PP00P1_123530). The authors gratefully acknowledge this support. In addition, the authors wish to thank Heather Fuchs for her helpful comments on an earlier version of this article.
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - Women's return to work after maternity leave represents an important developmental transition. Intentional self-regulation can help women successfully master this transition. In a longitudinal study with three waves of measurement waves (5, 11, and 24 weeks after re-entry; N = 267), self-efficacy beliefs and self-regulatory strategies (selection, optimization, compensation; SOC) predicted better work adjustment over time. Most importantly, contextual characteristics interacted with intentional self-regulation: for mothers who worked only a very small number of hours, who had many family obligations and who reported high levels of stress at work, it was particularly adaptive to make use of self-regulatory strategies.
AB - Women's return to work after maternity leave represents an important developmental transition. Intentional self-regulation can help women successfully master this transition. In a longitudinal study with three waves of measurement waves (5, 11, and 24 weeks after re-entry; N = 267), self-efficacy beliefs and self-regulatory strategies (selection, optimization, compensation; SOC) predicted better work adjustment over time. Most importantly, contextual characteristics interacted with intentional self-regulation: for mothers who worked only a very small number of hours, who had many family obligations and who reported high levels of stress at work, it was particularly adaptive to make use of self-regulatory strategies.
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U2 - 10.1080/15427609.2012.729913
DO - 10.1080/15427609.2012.729913
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84869452112
SN - 1542-7609
VL - 9
SP - 317
EP - 336
JO - Research in Human Development
JF - Research in Human Development
IS - 4
ER -