TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract Research examining the experiences of women in the workplace has, to a large extent, neglected the unique stressors pregnant employees may experience. Stress during pregnancy has been shown consistently to lead to detrimental consequences for the mother and her baby. Using job stress theories, we develop an expanded theoretical model of experienced stress during pregnancy and the potential detrimental health outcomes for the mother and her baby. Our theoretical model includes factors from multiple levels (i.e., individual, interpersonal, sociocultural, and community) and the role they play on the health and well-being of the pregnant employee and her baby. In order to gain a deeper understanding of job stress during pregnancy, we examine three pregnancy-specific organizational stressors (i.e., perceived pregnancy discrimination, pregnancy disclosure, and identity-role conflict) that are unique to pregnant employees. These stressors are argued to be over and above the normal job stressors experienced and they are proposed to result in elevated levels of experienced stress leading to detrimental health outcomes for the mother and baby. The role of resilience resources and learning in reducing some of the negative outcomes from job stressors is also explored.
VL  - 36
SN  - 978-1-78756-322-3, 978-1-78756-321-6/0742-7301
DO  - 10.1108/S0742-730120180000036003
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0742-730120180000036003
AU  - Hackney Kaylee J.
AU  - Perrewé Pamela L.
ED  - M. Ronald Buckley
ED  - Anthony R. Wheeler
ED  - Jonathon R. B. Halbesleben
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Examining the Role of Pregnancy at Work: Implications for the Well-Being of the Mother and Baby
T2  - Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management
T3  - Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 111
EP  - 139
Y2  - 2024/04/20
ER  -