So Many Challenges, So Many Regrets: Motherhood Decisions of Career-Oriented Women

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dc.authoriducel, ela burcu/0000-0001-7210-9476
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz, Benan Kurt
dc.contributor.authorUcel, Ela Burcu
dc.contributor.authorDalkilic, Olca Surgevil
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-23T19:42:26Z
dc.date.available2025-03-23T19:42:26Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentSinop Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis 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 Turkiye. 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 their babies, and others have been forced to pretend as if they were not mothers so that their careers would not be impaired. The study also concluded that women who struggle with the difficulties of being a mother in organizational life support each other more with a silent coalition which we call a motherhood coalition. Future research may focus on the reproductive decision processes and motherhood experiences of blue-collar women, as they can be quite different from career-oriented white-collar women's experiences.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12147-024-09326-8
dc.identifier.issn1098-092X
dc.identifier.issn1936-4717
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85188938810
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12147-024-09326-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11486/6795
dc.identifier.volume41
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001195100200001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofGender Issues
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250323
dc.subjectMotherhood decisions
dc.subjectCareer-oriented mothers
dc.subjectMotherhood coalition
dc.subjectGender bias
dc.subjectMotherhood penalty
dc.titleSo Many Challenges, So Many Regrets: Motherhood Decisions of Career-Oriented Women
dc.typeArticle

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