Tag: mommy track
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Evidence of a Mommy Track Bump: Returnees are seen as more motivated
This just in from the The Journal of ‘I’m Not Sure I Can Believe It’ … Well actually, from the The Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies: Research published in the August 2009 issue suggests that coming back to full-time work after a few years on the Mommy Track can make you look “unusually” motivated…
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Is the Mommy Track Bump Real?
Is the Mommy Track Bump real? Perhaps the biggest reservation to have about the study that (I suggest) proposes a Mommy Track Bump has to do with the research method my colleagues used. Because this research finding is from a lab experiment conducted among adult MBA students, it does not show that these differences exists…
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Flexible Downsizing and Sexism: Should we be worried?
There is a movement afoot to link organizations’ responses to the economic crisis to larger social goals, like sustainability and work family balance. Anytime we can get two valuable outcomes for one business decision, "that’s a good thing." Often, however, business decisions made for one reason have unintended repercussions. Take the movement towards alternatives to…