Heymans Colloquium Healthy Ageing

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LECTURER: Prof. dr. Bettina S. Wiese (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)

Title: Parental leaves form mothers' and fathers' perspectives

Abstract: Having a baby is a central life transition that does not only affect the family domain but also working life. The talk is going to focus on taking parental leaves. Decision making with respect to parental leaves does not only involve taking into consideration different life domains but also different social partners (e.g., partner, supervisor). In a first step, the present talk summarizes findings from two multi wave longitudinal studies (one of them combined with a diary approach) with data collected in Germany and Switzerland focusing on the antecedents of mothers’ leave length decisions (e.g., gender-role attitudes) and predictors of successful re-entry into working life (e.g., self-management strategies). In the next step, findings on fathers’ leave planning and leave experiences (e.g., career-related worries) will be put to the fore. Finally, results from the dyadic modeling of leave-related decision making within couples will be presented.

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prof. dr. Susanne Scheibe, s.scheibe@rug.nl