Today, we were working on definitions of key terms that we will run across in our research. I found about 13 of them. I hope they will help.
- Stay-at-home mom: A mother that does not leave the home for work, but stays at home with her child
- Working mom: A mother that works either part-time or full-time while trying to raise a child/children at the same time
- Manifesto: a public written declaration of principles, policies, and objectives, especially one issued by a political movement or candidate. (“The Motherhood Manifesto” is one of the books that I will be using for my graduation project)
- Managerial: involving or characteristic of a manager or management, especially in business
- Colleagues: someone people work with, especially in a professional or skilled job
- Glass Ceiling: a barrier to career advancement; an unofficial but real impediment to somebody’s advancement into upper-level management positions because of discrimination based on the person’s gender, age, race, ethnicity, or sexual preference
- Domestic: relating to or involving a family or the people living together within a household
- Workforce: All the people working or available to work, as in a nation, company, industry, or on a project
- Paid-Leave: paid time off from work
- Maternity-Leave: paid time off to take care of a child for a certain amount of time
- Flextime: the ability to be able to choose the hours a week an employee will work
- Coalition: an alliance, especially a temporary one, of people, factions, parties, or nations
- Fair Wage/Living Wage: a wage sufficient to provide minimally satisfactory living conditions
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