Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Experiences managing pregnant hospital staff members using an active management policy—A qualitative study
Originally published 2021-02-26 · PLoS ONE
PLOS · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0247547 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Studies how managers negotiate job adjustments and team demands, emphasizing proactive dialogue rather than assumptions about pregnant staff.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Respect
Can a manager ask what support is needed before making decisions for someone?
Studies how managers negotiate job adjustments and team demands, emphasizing proactive dialogue rather than assumptions about pregnant staff.
Study context
19 hospital managers from 17 wards in five public hospitals in Zealand, Denmark.
Age / stage: Managers discussing pregnant adult employees.
Read with three questions
- What dilemmas did managers describe when redistributing tasks and schedules?
- How did workplace culture influence dialogue?
- Which parts of the active-management policy were new and which repeated existing practice?
Keep the limits in view
Managers’ accounts in one regional hospital system do not establish employees’ experiences or effects on sickness absence; a qualitative study cannot verify policy efficacy.
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Mette G Backhausen; Mette Langeland Iversen; Margrethe Bordado Sköld; Thora G Thomsen; Luise Moellenberg Begtrup (2021). Experiences managing pregnant hospital staff members using an active management policy—A qualitative study PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247547
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