Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
The Impact of Motherhood on Women’s Career Progression: A Scoping Review of Evidence-Based Interventions
Originally published 2024-03-26 · Behavioral Sciences
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/bs14040275 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Maps career barriers and proposed interventions for mothers’ advancement, with attention to intersectionality and access to leadership.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Respect
Which barriers keep mothers from progressing after they return?
Maps career barriers and proposed interventions for mothers’ advancement, with attention to intersectionality and access to leadership.
Study context
52 articles published in 2010–2022 on motherhood, career progression and interventions.
Age / stage: Working mothers across the reviewed populations.
Read with three questions
- How did the review distinguish career progression from employment alone?
- Which individual, organizational and societal responses were identified?
- Where do proposed interventions lack evaluated evidence of effectiveness?
Keep the limits in view
A scoping review maps heterogeneous evidence and recommendations; it does not establish that every suggested intervention improves promotion or representation.
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Ana Júlia Calegari Torres; Letícia Barbosa-Silva; Ligia Carolina Oliveira-Silva; Olívia Pillar Perez Miziara; Ully Carolina Rodrigues Guahy; Alexandra N. Fisher; Michelle K. Ryan (2024). The Impact of Motherhood on Women’s Career Progression: A Scoping Review of Evidence-Based Interventions Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14040275
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