“Well, I’m Going to Have a Baby”: Navigating Safety, Stakeholders, and Strategy in Workplace Pregnancy Disclosures
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2022
Keywords
Disclosure, privacy, pregnancy, motherhood, stigma
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2022.2097720
Abstract
This study explores how 92 women disclosed their pregnancies in the workplace. Examining workplace pregnancy disclosure broadly rather than taking a dyadic approach (e.g. employee to supervisor) highlighted tensions and outcomes associated with simultaneously navigating disclosures to multiple colleagues and supervisors. Data analysis revealed four themes: (b) timing safely, (c) diffusing selectively, (d) controlling gatherings, and (e) crafting conversational tones. Findings situate workplace pregnancy disclosure as a dynamic multi-stakeholder process. Women’s accounts suggest that risk is understood as linked to potential future disclosures and the importance of emotion in crafting disclosure interactions.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Communication Studies, v. 73, issue 4, p. 425-440
Scholar Commons Citation
Verhoff, China Billotte and Buzzanell, Patrice M., "“Well, I’m Going to Have a Baby”: Navigating Safety, Stakeholders, and Strategy in Workplace Pregnancy Disclosures" (2022). Communication Faculty Publications. 1009.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/spe_facpub/1009
