The challenges of childcare and a career
Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This paper analyzes childcare costs their effect on how many female managers work at S&P 500 companies. Overall, higher childcare costs translate to a lower percentage of female managers working in these companies, when the child is in infancy. Yet when a child reaches preschool age and childcare costs rise, this translates to a higher percentage of female managers. At the same time, some women don't return to work at all due to childcare options not being attractive. Others who take many years out don't return to management positions later on. Mentoring programs may help reverse this impact on companies. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.
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2022
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Human Resource Management International Digest. - Emerald Publishing Limited, ISSN 0967-0734, ZDB-ID 2082534-1. - Vol. 30.2022, 7, p. 21-23
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Publisher: |
Emerald Publishing Limited |
Subject: | Women managers | S&P 500 | Return to work | Childcare cost | Family center childcare | Infant center childcare |
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