Facilitating transition from maternity leave to work for working mothers: A self-efficacy intervention study
The return from maternity leave to work is a critical career transition period for working mothers. To help their readaptation to work, we developed and examined a training program for cultivating their work–family balance self-efficacy in a pretest–posttest design and investigated the time-lagged e...
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| description | The return from maternity leave to work is a critical career transition period for working mothers. To help their readaptation to work, we developed and examined a training program for cultivating their work–family balance self-efficacy in a pretest–posttest design and investigated the time-lagged effect of the boosted self-efficacy on their employment attitude and in-role performance after they returned to work. Data were collected from 100 maternity leave takers from 16 companies in Japan before the training (Time 1), immediately after it (Time 2) and 6 months after returning to work (Time 3), and from their supervisors at Time 3. We found that maternity leave takers displayed an increase in work–life balance self-efficacy after the training. We also found that work–life balance self-efficacy after the training (Time 2) predicted the participants’ in-role performance (Time 3) reported by their supervisors, but not employment attitude reported by the participants (Time 3). Our study thus offers preliminary evidence supporting the effectiveness of the training program in helping maternity leave takers’ readaptation to work, potentially supplementing existing family-friendly policies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13b93773eff942c996ffa1cd7685d9832023-04-11T12:33:16ZengCambridge University PressCambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health2054-42512023-01-011010.1017/gmh.2023.6Facilitating transition from maternity leave to work for working mothers: A self-efficacy intervention studyAkiko Kokubo0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6242-2629Katsuhiko Yoshikawa1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5430-1763Chia-Huei Wu2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8011-6323School of Management and Information, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, JapanGraduate School of Leadership and Innovation, Shizenkan University, Tokyo, JapanManagement Department, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Department of Medical Research, China Medical University, Taichung, TaiwanThe return from maternity leave to work is a critical career transition period for working mothers. To help their readaptation to work, we developed and examined a training program for cultivating their work–family balance self-efficacy in a pretest–posttest design and investigated the time-lagged effect of the boosted self-efficacy on their employment attitude and in-role performance after they returned to work. Data were collected from 100 maternity leave takers from 16 companies in Japan before the training (Time 1), immediately after it (Time 2) and 6 months after returning to work (Time 3), and from their supervisors at Time 3. We found that maternity leave takers displayed an increase in work–life balance self-efficacy after the training. We also found that work–life balance self-efficacy after the training (Time 2) predicted the participants’ in-role performance (Time 3) reported by their supervisors, but not employment attitude reported by the participants (Time 3). Our study thus offers preliminary evidence supporting the effectiveness of the training program in helping maternity leave takers’ readaptation to work, potentially supplementing existing family-friendly policies.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2054425123000067/type/journal_articlematernity leavework–life balance self-efficacymanagerial self-efficacywork performancetraining |
| spellingShingle | Akiko Kokubo Katsuhiko Yoshikawa Chia-Huei Wu Facilitating transition from maternity leave to work for working mothers: A self-efficacy intervention study Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health maternity leave work–life balance self-efficacy managerial self-efficacy work performance training |
| title | Facilitating transition from maternity leave to work for working mothers: A self-efficacy intervention study |
| title_full | Facilitating transition from maternity leave to work for working mothers: A self-efficacy intervention study |
| title_fullStr | Facilitating transition from maternity leave to work for working mothers: A self-efficacy intervention study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Facilitating transition from maternity leave to work for working mothers: A self-efficacy intervention study |
| title_short | Facilitating transition from maternity leave to work for working mothers: A self-efficacy intervention study |
| title_sort | facilitating transition from maternity leave to work for working mothers a self efficacy intervention study |
| topic | maternity leave work–life balance self-efficacy managerial self-efficacy work performance training |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2054425123000067/type/journal_article |
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