Post-maternity leave reentry, the period when mothers return to work following a maternity leave, is a profound transition in a woman's life that often sets the foundation for her work and career progression. While scholars have looked at the intraindividual aspects of this transition, the experience of reentry extends beyond the returning mother. This transition occurs in a dynamic relational and organizational system that impacts a returning mother's adjustment to work. In this study, we bring relational dynamics to the forefront of this transition as we examine how and why returning mothers' work-based relationships shift during reentry and the implications this has for returning mothers' readjustment. Drawing on qualitative data from academic mothers' retrospective accounts of their reentry transitions, our findings reveal that returning mothers experience relational movement, defined as perceived shifts in one's relational experiences. Our findings provide evidence of how relational movement plays a role in facilitating returning mothers' well-being as they readjust to work. Our theorizing of how and why relational movement occurs during reentry transitions brings to focus the complex, changing nature of women's relationships with colleagues during this time, as well as implications for women's broader workplace and career experiences.

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其他因素在母亲何时回归：关系运动及其在产假后重返社会过渡中的作用的调查


产假后重返职场，即母亲在产假后重返工作岗位的时期，是女性生活中的一个深刻转变，通常为她的工作和职业发展奠定基础。虽然学者们已经研究了这种转变的个体内部方面，但重返社会的经历超出了回归的母亲。这种转变发生在一个动态的关系和组织系统中，影响着回归母亲对工作的适应。在这项研究中，我们将关系动力学带到了这一转变的最前沿，因为我们研究了回归母亲的工作关系在重返社会期间如何以及为何发生变化，以及这对回归母亲的重新适应的影响。借鉴学术母亲对她们重返社会转变的回顾性描述的定性数据，我们的研究结果显示，回归的母亲会经历关系运动，定义为一个人关系体验的感知转变。我们的研究结果提供了证据，证明关系运动如何在促进回归母亲重新适应工作时的幸福感中发挥作用。我们对重返社会过渡期间关系运动如何以及为什么发生的理论化，使人们关注在此期间女性与同事关系的复杂性、变化的性质，以及对女性更广泛的工作场所和职业经历的影响。