Uncovering a motherhood advantage: How parenthood impacts perceptions of the meaning of work and work outcomes.
研究提出家庭中心工作意义建构概念，发现相比非父母，工作父母更倾向将工作视为向家庭传递职业伦理的载体，且母亲效应更强，进而提升工作努力和组织公民行为。
which captures individuals' cognitive orientation to construe work meaning through its symbolic relevance to family. Specifically, it refers to individuals' perception of their work as a vehicle for expressing their professional ethics and principles to their family and serving as role models. We then draw upon self-construal theory to theorize that, in comparison to nonparents, working parents are more likely to develop higher FCSMW. We further posit that the positive association between parental status and FCSMW is more pronounced for women than for men. Additionally, we argue that FCSMW positively correlates with employees' display of exemplary behaviors at work, such as increased work effort and organizational citizenship behavior. Finally, we propose that the indirect effects of parental status on work outcomes via FCSMW are stronger for women than men. To assess our proposed model, we first developed and validated a scale for measuring FCSMW. We then tested our hypotheses using three sets of data: two multisource, field samples from China, and one field sample from the United States, all of which supported our hypotheses. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).