545: A Conversation Worth Having: The Spillover Effects of Reproductive Health Hardships in the Workplace (12761)

Session Chair(s)

• JW

  Justin Woodall

  U. of Georgia, United States

Participant(s)

• KS

  Kristen Shockley

  Auburn U., United States
• AD

  Aqsa Dutli

  Purdue U., West Lafayette, United States
• HD

  Hope Dodd

  U. of Georgia

Presenter(s)

• NC

  Nitya Chawla

  U. of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States

Participant(s)

• YH

  Yu Tse Heng

  U. of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce, United States
• BS

  Beth Schinoff

  U. of Delaware, United States
• KJ

  Kristen Jones

  U. of Memphis, United States
• AO

  Abbie Oliver

  U. of Virginia, United States

Discussant(s)

• IH

  Ivona Hideg

  Saïd Business School U. of Oxford, Canada

Presenter(s)

• JW

  Justin Woodall

  U. of Georgia, United States

Participant(s)

• JB

  Janet Boekhorst

  U. of Waterloo, Canada
• LL

  Laura Little

  U. of Georgia, United States

Presenter(s)

• SS

  Serena Sohrab

  Bayes Business School, United Kingdom

Participant(s)

• NB

  Nada Basir

  U. of Waterloo, Canada
• JL

  Jamie Ladge

  Boston College, United States

Presenter(s)

• AG

  Allison Gabriel

  Purdue U., West Lafayette, United States

Although work-family researchers have made meaningful progress in understanding how parental and pregnancy experiences affect work, little has been done to understand the affects that reproductive health issues, including infertility, IVF, and miscarriage, have on employees at work. This symposium brings together four insightful empirical studies that examine the complex interplay between employees’ reproductive challenges and their professional lives. In doing so, this symposium begins an important and much-needed dialogue on the challenges that these hardships present to employees and the ways that they spillover into the work domain. By highlighting the need for innovative organizational policies and practices that are more inclusive of and supportive towards employees confronted with these challenges, this symposium strongly aligns itself with the Academy of Management’s 2024 conference theme of “Innovating for the Future: Policy, Purpose, and Organizations.

Presentations:

• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  545: Feeling Torn and Stuck: A Qualitative Investigation of Infertility Experiences Among Women and Men (12761)
  

  Author: Janet Boekhorst – U. of Waterloo

  Author: Laura McAndrews Little – U. of Georgia

  Author: Justin Peyton Woodall – U. of Georgia
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  545: The Labors We Can't See: The Impact of Infertility on Women's Careers (12761)
  

  Author: Serena Sohrab – Bayes Business School

  Author: Nada Basir – U. of Waterloo

  Author: Jamie Jocelyn Ladge – Boston College
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  545: From Grief to Hope and Back Again: The Emotional Complexities of Infertility Journeys at Work (12761)
  

  Author: Allison S. Gabriel – Purdue U., West Lafayette

  Author: Kristen Michelle Shockley – Auburn U.

  Author: Aqsa Dutli – Purdue U., West Lafayette

  Author: Hope Dodd – U. of Georgia

  Author: Beth Buchanan – -
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  545: Understanding Working Women's Miscarriage Experiences (12761)
  

  Author: Nitya Chawla – U. of Minnesota, Twin Cities

  Author: Yu Tse Heng – U. of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce

  Author: Beth Schinoff – U. of Delaware

  Author: Kristen Price Jones – U. of Memphis

  Author: Abbie Griffith Oliver – U. of Virginia