http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/ Knowledge@Wharton is an online resource that offers the latest business insights, information, and research from a variety of sources. Content includes analysis of current business trends, interviews with industry leaders and faculty, articles based on the most recent business research, book reviews, conference and seminar reports, and links to other websites. en-us Copyright (c) 2012 The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/seim_katja.jpg http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/ 125 45 Wharton Faculty Research Human Resources http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1694&source=rss <SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana">Although the German government provides its citizens with a generous family-leave policy, being a working mother in Germany is harder than in many other industrialized countries, according to faculty members at Wharton and German business schools, as well as German corporate officials. This is partly because the culture still, to some degree, frowns upon the idea of mothers not taking care of their small children at home. But changes are on the way, led by corporations, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the women themselves.</SPAN> Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:10:32 EST