Mommy Track Case Study
7- The mommy track has become a very real concern when it comes to women who want to have a rewarding career and still have children. Since women make up half the workforce in today’s society, the previous views or perspective that a woman cannot due both successfully has become a hot topic. Previously, it was expected that once a woman decided to have a child, she would have to switch to a part time job with little chance for advancement since she would not be able to devote the time needed to be successful as she advanced her career. Another possibility was that she would decide to leave the company altogether and raise the children as a full time mother. With women’s rights advancing and government protections being created for ensure fair treatment and equality among the sexes, making headway. It seems that there is a very real need to create
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Especially when the job involves late-night meetings and business conferences that involve traveling to many parts of the world and having to share a hotel room. The fear of sexual misconduct is a valid concern, but also a fear that a woman with a child may have to cancel her trip at the last moment to take care of her family rather than choose to continue on with the flight to the meeting or conference. A business would be hard pressed to find a replacement on such short notice, so instead of taking the risk or creating a backup solution, they typically choose the childless female or another male. This should become a smaller problem over time, as younger men used to coed dorms and female roommates become managers. It may be possible that male managers fear that a female employee for promotion, however capable, will be more distracted by family matters than a male would be. They might assume that women are less able to handle competition and pressure. However, this fear is also assumed by female managers as
Especially when the job involves late-night meetings and business conferences that involve traveling to many parts of the world and having to share a hotel room. The fear of sexual misconduct is a valid concern, but also a fear that a woman with a child may have to cancel her trip at the last moment to take care of her family rather than choose to continue on with the flight to the meeting or conference. A business would be hard pressed to find a replacement on such short notice, so instead of taking the risk or creating a backup solution, they typically choose the childless female or another male. This should become a smaller problem over time, as younger men used to coed dorms and female roommates become managers. It may be possible that male managers fear that a female employee for promotion, however capable, will be more distracted by family matters than a male would be. They might assume that women are less able to handle competition and pressure. However, this fear is also assumed by female managers as