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Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Editors; 1 Work and the Transition to Motherhood: Introduction; Abstract; Work and the Transition to Parenthood-Background Data; Organization of This Volume; Reference; 2 Understanding and Overcoming Challenges Faced by Working Mothers: A Theoretical and Empirical Review; Abstract; Theoretical and Empirical Evidence of Discrimination; Discrimination Faced by Working Mothers; Discrimination Faced by Pregnant Women; Organizational Strategies; Formal Policies; Informal Culture; Future Research on Organizational Strategies
Methodological Issues and Solutions Associated with Organizational StrategiesAlly Strategies; Prejudice Confrontation; Advocacy Behaviors; Future Research on Ally Strategies; Methodological Issues and Solutions Associated with Ally Strategies; Target Strategies; Individuation; Acknowledgment; Combining Strategies; Conclusion; References; 3 Identity and the Transition to Motherhood: Navigating Existing, Temporary, and Anticipatory Identities; Abstract; Literature Review; Identity and Identity Transitions; Pregnancy and Identity; Methodology; Findings; Temporary Pregnancy Identity
Evolving Professional IdentityAnticipated Maternal Identity; Individual Factors Affecting This Identity Transition Process; Discussion; Identity Transitions: A More Nuanced Understanding; Multiple Identities and Work-Family Research; Becoming Pregnant: Expanding the Time Horizon of Work-Family and Identity Research; Managerial Implications: Empowering the Pregnant Individual; References; 4 Marissa Mayer: An Analysis of Media Reaction to a Pregnant CEO; Abstract; Background; Media Coverage of High Profile Women; Methods; Sample; Analysis; Results; Gender and Work-Family Performance
Mayer's CharacteristicsReactions to Motherhood and CEO Announcement; Other; Discussion; Future Research; Conclusion; References; 5 The Inevitable Stigma for Childbearing-Aged Women in the Workplace: Five Perspectives on the Pregnancy-Work Intersection; Abstract; Impetus for Considering Women's Intersection of Pregnancy and the Workplace; Background for Data Collection; Participants; Methodology; Results; Working Women Who Are not Pregnant and Do not Plan to Have Children (Group 1); Previous Research on Group 1; Empirical and Qualitative Insights from Our Data Collection on Group 1
Other Findings Regarding Group 1Women Who Are not Pregnant but Plan to Have Children (Group 2); Previous Research on Group 2; Empirical and Qualitative Insights from Our Data Collection on Group 2; Other Findings Regarding Group 2; Working Women Who Are Currently Pregnant with Their First Child (Group 3); Previous Research on Group 3; Empirical and Qualitative Insights from Our Data Collection on Group 3; Other Findings Regarding Group 3; Working Women Currently Pregnant and Who Already Have at Least One Child (Group 4); Empirical and Qualitative Insights from Our Data Collection on Group 4
Methodological Issues and Solutions Associated with Organizational StrategiesAlly Strategies; Prejudice Confrontation; Advocacy Behaviors; Future Research on Ally Strategies; Methodological Issues and Solutions Associated with Ally Strategies; Target Strategies; Individuation; Acknowledgment; Combining Strategies; Conclusion; References; 3 Identity and the Transition to Motherhood: Navigating Existing, Temporary, and Anticipatory Identities; Abstract; Literature Review; Identity and Identity Transitions; Pregnancy and Identity; Methodology; Findings; Temporary Pregnancy Identity
Evolving Professional IdentityAnticipated Maternal Identity; Individual Factors Affecting This Identity Transition Process; Discussion; Identity Transitions: A More Nuanced Understanding; Multiple Identities and Work-Family Research; Becoming Pregnant: Expanding the Time Horizon of Work-Family and Identity Research; Managerial Implications: Empowering the Pregnant Individual; References; 4 Marissa Mayer: An Analysis of Media Reaction to a Pregnant CEO; Abstract; Background; Media Coverage of High Profile Women; Methods; Sample; Analysis; Results; Gender and Work-Family Performance
Mayer's CharacteristicsReactions to Motherhood and CEO Announcement; Other; Discussion; Future Research; Conclusion; References; 5 The Inevitable Stigma for Childbearing-Aged Women in the Workplace: Five Perspectives on the Pregnancy-Work Intersection; Abstract; Impetus for Considering Women's Intersection of Pregnancy and the Workplace; Background for Data Collection; Participants; Methodology; Results; Working Women Who Are not Pregnant and Do not Plan to Have Children (Group 1); Previous Research on Group 1; Empirical and Qualitative Insights from Our Data Collection on Group 1
Other Findings Regarding Group 1Women Who Are not Pregnant but Plan to Have Children (Group 2); Previous Research on Group 2; Empirical and Qualitative Insights from Our Data Collection on Group 2; Other Findings Regarding Group 2; Working Women Who Are Currently Pregnant with Their First Child (Group 3); Previous Research on Group 3; Empirical and Qualitative Insights from Our Data Collection on Group 3; Other Findings Regarding Group 3; Working Women Currently Pregnant and Who Already Have at Least One Child (Group 4); Empirical and Qualitative Insights from Our Data Collection on Group 4