Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v31i2.2022
Women's Return to Work after Parental Leave: A Case Study on the Czech Republic
Kamila Turečková
; School of Business Administration in Karvina, Silesian University in Opava, Opava, Czech Republic
Danuta Duda
; School of Business Administration in Karvina, Silesian University in Opava, Opava, Czech Republic
Radka Kubalová
orcid.org/0000-0001-6697-2855
; School of Business Administration in Karvina, Silesian University in Opava, Opava, Czech Republic
*
Ivona Buryová
; School of Business Administration in Karvina, Silesian University in Opava, Opava, Czech Republic
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
The topic of the paper is the issue of women's return to work after parental leave in the Czech Republic and factors that complicate the position of women in the labor market. This topic is being explored by Czech and foreign experts and authors of publications related to the position of women in labor market, motherhood, parenthood and namely the factors that make it harder for women to return to work after parental leave with a focus on the Czech environment. The core of the paper is the presentation of selected results of descriptive analysis of quantitative research of women in the Moravia-Silesian region in the Czech Republic which point out the experiences and perceptions related to the return of women to work after parental leave. Using a significant sample of respondents (470), the results partially confirm and also refute the findings of the theory. The findings from the primary research presented in the paper will contribute to updating the current picture of women's return to work after parental leave in the Czech Republic and at the same time create a basis for a future qualitative type of research on women’s experience and perceptions of return to work in the context of their cultural, social and economic environment. The aim of the paper is to present the results of primary research with a focus on Czech women’s experience and perceptions of returning to work after parental leave. At the same time, we aim to compare the theoretical approaches proposed by selected authors and experts with the obtained results of the descriptive analysis.
Keywords
Czech Republic; position of women on the labor market; maternity leave; parental leave; social security; research
Hrčak ID:
326166
URI
Publication date:
19.12.2024.
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