Factors Impede Mothers Achieving Top Management Positions: The Contemporary Business Organisations

Abstract

The impact of motherhood associated with females employment is still underestimated. This article aims to provide an overview of motherhood discrimination to top management positions in connection with the contemporary business. The conceptual model examines relationships of organisational practices and work-life conflict on motherhood discrimination to top management positions. Based on the literature review, the current research builds a conceptual model consisting of organisational practices, work-life conflict and motherhood discrimination to top management positions. The research propositions may provide recommendation and assist the Malaysian organisations as well as Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development of Malaysia in designing suitable guidelines to minimise motherhood discrimination in organisation issues. An evaluation of current policies may be needed, which will help policy makers understand the factors impede mothers in top management positions. The current research is specifically crucial to mothers in middle management positions. Past researches have revealed compelling findings on factors impede females achieving top management positions. However, there is a lack of studies on the variable of motherhood discrimination to top management positions. Thus, this conceptual model is crucial to reveal the factors impede mothers achieving top management positions as they progressively seen to have a competitive advantage which is crucial for contemporary business landscape.