The reentry period after maternity leave can be a stressful but important transition for mothers, their significant others, and their organizations. In the present study, we integrate conservation of resources theory, the crossover model, and the relative contribution model to understand the influence of perceived organizational support during reentry on both mothers’ and their significant others’ home stress and, ultimately, workplace experiences. Beyond actor effects, we investigate the relationship between each parent’s perceived organizational support on their partner’s home stress via three crossover mechanisms: (1) direct; (2) indirect; (3) shared stressor. Notably, we offer a theoretically novel lens through which to view the shared stressor mechanism. Drawing upon the relative contribution model, we conceptualize dual-earner parents as a team and argue that because mothers are the critical members during this period, their resources will directly influence both parents’ home stress. Findings yielded by this multi-stage, multi-source field study demonstrate the importance of supporting mothers as critical members of the family during reentry, as organizational support that is perceived as inadequate directly affects home stress and indirectly influences workplace experiences that can impede successful transitions and threaten career outcomes for both parents.

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母亲再入：双职工父母角色、资源和结果的相对贡献视角

产假后的重返工作对母亲、她们的重要他人和她们的组织来说可能是一个压力很大但很重要的过渡期。在本研究中，我们整合了资源保护理论、交叉模型和相对贡献模型，以了解再入职期间感知到的组织支持对母亲及其重要他人的家庭压力以及最终的工作场所体验的影响。除了演员效应之外，我们还通过三种交叉机制调查了每位父母对其伴侣家庭压力的感知组织支持之间的关系：（1）直接；(2) 间接的；(3)共享压力源。值得注意的是，我们提供了一个理论上新颖的视角，通过它来查看共享的压力源机制。借鉴相对贡献模型，我们将双职工父母概念化为一个团队，并认为由于母亲是这一时期的关键成员，他们的资源将直接影响父母双方的家庭压力。这项多阶段、多来源的实地研究得出的结果证明了在重返社会期间支持母亲作为家庭重要成员的重要性，因为被认为不足的组织支持会直接影响家庭压力并间接影响可能阻碍成功过渡的工作经历并威胁父母双方的职业发展。