What influences fathers' daily work-related worries during parental leave? A diary study

Stertz, Anna M.; Horvath, Lisa Kristina; Wiese, Bettina S.

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2019.103375

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“…But communicating options for an earlier return with a mother on leave should not put a pressure on her to shorten her leave. Of course, if agreed with the employee before parental leave, it might be helpful that employer and employee “stay in touch.” But even this recommendation is not without caveats, as a diary study with fathers on leave has shown that contact with the employer is associated with fathers' career‐related worries, that is, it might keep parents from enjoying their exclusive time with the child (Stertz et al, 2020).…”

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Mothers' regrets of having (or not having) returned to work after childbirth: Longitudinal relationships with organizational commitment

Wiese

Stertz

2022

Applied Psychology

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Postpartum mothers have to decide whether to leave the workforce for some time and, if so, when to return to paid work. Two kinds of regrets might evolve as a result of women's leave‐related decisions: stay‐at‐home and return‐to‐work regrets. The present research investigates how these forms of regrets are associated with women's affective organizational commitment. We conducted a four‐wave longitudinal study with female participants mostly living in Switzerland (61%) and Germany (37%). The first measurement occasion took place during pregnancy (N = 294), and the subsequent three postnatal measurement points were at 6 (n = 281), 12 (n = 254), and 24 months (n = 230) after childbirth. As expected, higher organizational commitment during pregnancy predicted stronger stay‐at‐home regrets. By contrast, women's prenatal organizational commitment did not turn out to be predictive for lowered return‐to‐work regrets. We further assumed cross‐lagged associations between post‐birth organizational commitment and return‐to‐work regrets. Our results suggest that return‐to‐work regrets are predictive of decreases in affective organizational commitment. Reversed causation, that is, effects from postnatal organizational commitment to return‐to‐work regrets, could not be confirmed. Results are discussed regarding theoretical, methodological, and practical implications.

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Mothers' regrets of having (or not having) returned to work after childbirth: Longitudinal relationships with organizational commitment

Wiese

Stertz

2022

Applied Psychology

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“…The current research focuses on work-to-parenting spillover among working fathers. Work-to-parenting spillover has increasing relevance for fathers who are traditionally seen as primarily responsible for paid work but also are increasingly expected to be 'involved' parents (Cabrera et al, 2018;Ladge et al, 2015;Stertz et al, 2020).…”

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“…The current research focuses on work‐to‐parenting spillover among working fathers. Work‐to‐parenting spillover has increasing relevance for fathers who are traditionally seen as primarily responsible for paid work but also are increasingly expected to be ‘involved’ parents (Cabrera et al, 2018; Ladge et al, 2015; Stertz et al, 2020). Many fathers also strongly identify as caregiving partners and contribute as active members of the parenting team (Gatrell et al, 2015; Humberd et al, 2015).…”

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How does work affect fathers' daily interaction with adolescents? An expanded self‐regulation perspective

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Liu,

Ohannessian

et al. 2024

J Organ Behavior

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SummaryThe management of the daily rhythm of work and childrearing, two central responsibilities of working fathers, has received limited research attention. Drawing from an expanded self‐regulation perspective, this study seeks to understand the within‐person depletion and compensation mechanisms that explain how fathers' daily work experiences spillover to influence their next‐day parenting interactions. We also posit that actual childrearing support by mothers and its unavailability may shape fathers' day‐to‐day caregiving rhythm by injecting resources and/or cuing demands for father parenting involvement. Using daily triadic data (N = 631 within‐person observations) from 96 fathers, mothers and their adolescent children in the United States, we found that the lagged relationship between fathers' negative work events and next‐day father–adolescent conflict was mediated by fathers' psychological distress. In addition, we found that negative work events were associated with increased father–adolescent routine activities the next day via time‐based work–family conflict, but only when mothers worked the next day. We further found that negative work events were associated with decreased father–adolescent interactive activities the next day via psychological distress, but only when mothers provided less routine care than normal the next day. Our study portrays fathers juggling work and parenting as a sequenced balancing act. Importantly, incorporating mothers' daily work status and routine parent–adolescent interactions enriches our understanding of fathers' daily work‐to‐parenting spillover process.

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Zusammenspiel von Berufs- und Familienleben

Wiese

Arling

2022

Handbuch Familiensoziologie

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What influences fathers' daily work-related worries during parental leave? A diary study

Cited by 4 publications

References 50 publications

Mothers' regrets of having (or not having) returned to work after childbirth: Longitudinal relationships with organizational commitment

Mothers' regrets of having (or not having) returned to work after childbirth: Longitudinal relationships with organizational commitment

How does work affect fathers' daily interaction with adolescents? An expanded self‐regulation perspective

Zusammenspiel von Berufs- und Familienleben

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