So Many Challenges, So Many Regrets: Motherhood Decisions of Career-Oriented Women
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Doç. Dr. Benan KURT YILMAZ Sinop Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ela Burcu Uçel Izmir Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Olca Sürgevil Dalkılıç Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | Gender Issues | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 1098-092X Dergi Bilgileri (2024) | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | Scopus | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 03-2024 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 41 / 2 / 1–40 | DOI | 10.1007/s12147-024-09326-8 |
| Makale Linki | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12147-024-09326-8 | ||
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| Özet |
| This study aims to examine and understand the motherhood decisions of career-oriented women who are well-educated, well-paid, and up the corporate ladder in Türkiye. A qualitative research design was preferred due to the nature of the study and in-depth interviews and descriptive content analysis were employed. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 career-oriented working mothers. The findings of the study have revealed that mothers regret many decisions they made to protect their careers, jobs and families (mainly babies) during this process. In addition, for all of these women, the motherhood decision appeared to be a trade-off between their career goals and motherhood wishes, at least for a period of time. Some have given up on their career progress for a certain period, some have faced the negative attitudes of the institutions they work for, like “ignoring their motherhood experience and … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Career-oriented mothers | Gender bias | Motherhood coalition | Motherhood decisions | Motherhood penalty |
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| Scopus | 5 |
| Google Scholar | 7 |