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Managing motherhood: how "queen bee" managers in the US service sector reduce motherhood advantages in work scheduling.

This study advances sociological theories of motherhood-based workplace inequalities by examining how frontline managers shape mothers' access to stable work schedules in the US service sector. Prior research has shown that mothers in the US service sector experience intense conflict between the tim...

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Published in:Social Forces Vol. 104; no. 4; pp. 1258 - 1286
Main Author: Choper, Joshua
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Jun2026
Subjects:
United States
Social theory
Discretion
Scheduling
Workplace management
Human resource directors
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