PROFESSIONAL IMAGE MAINTENANCE: HOW WOMEN NAVIGATE PREGNANCY IN THE WORKPLACE
PROFESSIONAL IMAGE MAINTENANCE: HOW WOMEN NAVIGATE PREGNANCY IN THE WORKPLACE
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DOI：
10.5465/amj.2013.0599
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发表时间：
2015-02-01
影响因子：
10.5
通讯作者：
Nelson, Debra L.
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作者：
Little, Laura M.;Major, Virginia Smith;Nelson, Debra L.
女性现在在劳动力中占很大比例，这使得怀孕对职业形象（他人对工作能力和性格的看法）的影响更加突出。虽然关于孕妇应如何管理他人印象及其后果的观点比比皆是（Noveck，2012），但证实或否定这些观点的研究却滞后。在本文中，我们提出了三项研究，这些研究开发并测试了怀孕工人使用的基于社会身份的印象管理（SIM）技术模型。在研究 1（n = 35）中，我们利用定性方法来确定孕妇管理其职业形象的动机和策略。在第二项研究中，我们收集了两个样本（n = 199 和 n = 133），根据研究 1 中确定的动机和策略开发和验证两个量表。在研究 3 (n = 200) 中，我们采用时滞设计来检验 SIM 动机和策略如何影响重要的工作场所结果：感知歧视、倦怠和产假后重返工作岗位。我们的研究结果表明，女性在怀孕期间用来管理自己工作形象的动机和策略会产生积极和消极的结果。
Women now constitute a significant portion of the workforce, making the effects of pregnancy on professional image (others' perceptions of competence and character at work) more salient. While opinions regarding how pregnant women should manage others' impressions and the consequences of doing so abound (Noveck, 2012) research to substantiate or disconfirm these opinions has lagged. In this paper, we present three studies that develop and test a model of social identity-based impression management (SIM) techniques used by pregnant workers. In Study 1 (n = 35), we utilized qualitative methods to identify the motives and strategies used by pregnant women to manage their professional images. In the second study, we collected two samples (n = 199 and n = 133) to develop and validate two scales based on the motives and strategies identified in Study 1. In Study 3 (n = 200), we employed a time-lagged design to examine how SIM motives and strategies affect important workplace outcomes: perceived discrimination, burnout, and returning to one's job after maternity leave. Our findings demonstrate both positive and negative outcomes of the motives and strategies women use to manage their images at work when pregnant.