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| Type | Conference Presentation |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | "Maybe Baby" in everyday employment: Incivility at the intersection of gender and parenthood |
| Other Titles | “Maybe Baby” isolates ladies: Incivility’s career consequences for young childless women |
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| Presentation Type | paper |
| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Event Title | European Academy of Management |
| Event Type | conference |
| Event Location | Paris, France |
| Event Start Date | June 1 - 2016 |
| Event End Date | June 4 - 2016 |
| Abstract Text | Women are missing in leadership positions, largely driven by a crux of employment exodus occurring during the early career phase. Importantly, gender stereotypes are also heightened at this time due to expectations of impending childbearing and organizational costs, which asymmetrically influence women compared to men (i.e., the “maybe baby” effect). The present research aims to document this “maybe baby” effect in the everyday employment experiences of early career childless women. In a two-wave survey study (N = 421), we examined target’s experiences of workplace incivility (i.e., subtle disrespect) and career outcomes one year later (i.e., career identity salience, career satisfaction, and career withdrawal cognitions). As expected, women experience more incivility than men, but only for childless employees. Although being a woman is not directly associated with career outcomes, it is indirectly linked via experiences of incivility, but only for childless employees. Thus, gender stereotypes may drive coworkers’ expectations that young women have higher risks of career interruption and dependability than men, which influences their everyday treatment of childless women with multiple downstream career consequences. |
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