Pregnancy and Beyond: Nuances of the Work-Family Interface

The past few years has heightened the need to understand how work and family impact each other. While there exists a plethora of research exploring the interface between work and family, particularly for working parents, existing research tends to present the experience through the lens of work-family conflict, neglecting that the work- family interface goes beyond interrole conflict (Allen, 2012) and overlooks important nuances that could deepen our understanding of the work-family interface. For example, in a recent systematic review, Arena and colleagues (2023) point out that, despite decades of research, the literature on maternity in the workplace still assumes that “women underwent a seemingly normal and intentional pregnancy that resulted in a live birth” while paying limited attention to maternity experiences such as pregnancy loss. Additionally, while previous work-family research has examined the crossover effect (the interpersonal process that occurs when experiences, emotions, and attitudes of one individual affect another individual in the same social system; Bolger et al., 1989), the focus has been mainly on spousal dyads (e.g., Carlson et al., 2019; Li et al., 2021) while overlooking other family members such as one’s children. The purpose of this symposium is to explore such nuances within the work-family interface overlooked by the existing literature. Our curated collection of four interrelated papers examines the interplay between work and various stages of parenthood (from pregnancy to adult children) while highlighting the impact on both the parents as well as their children. Specifically, research in our symposium looks at the influence of being pregnant at work (Presentation 1), pregnancy loss at work (Presentation 2), parents work characteristics on their children’s leadership motivations (Presentation 3), and the relative earnings of mothers on children’s gender attitudes (Presentation 4). Our symposium addresses the various stages of working parents and our discussant, Dr. Julie Holliday Wayne, will synthesize the impacts of these stages on workers, their children, and organizations as a whole. Ultimately, this symposium contributes to the AOM 2023 theme of “Putting the Worker Front and Center” by using multiple methodologies and research questions to highlight one of the most important role domains of many workers, that is of being a parent, and examining how this role influences various aspects of their own lives and that of their children. The Influence of Pregnancy on Leader Role Occupancy Author: Shani Pupco; Smith School of Business, Queen's U. Author: Julian Barling; Queen's U. Postpartum Depression following Pregnancy Loss: Role of Supervisor Support on Turnover Intention Author: Mikaila Ortynsky; Telfer School of Management, U. of Ottawa Author: Jennifer Dimoff; Telfer School of Management, U. of Ottawa Author: Stephanie Gilbert; St. Mary's U. Author: Jacquelyn Brady; San Jose State U. Do Parents Influence Children’s Affective Motivation to Lead? Author: Jennifer McNeil; Department of Psychology, Carleton U. Author: Kathryne Dupre; Carleton U. Author: Anika Cloutier; Rowe School of Business, Dalhousie U. Mother’s and Father’s Relative Earning and Children’s Gender Role Attitudes Author: Yanhong Li; Odette School of Business, U. of Windsor Author: Alyson Byrne; Memorial U. of Newfoundland Author: Anika Cloutier; Rowe School of Business, Dalhousie U.

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