Major Factors Affecting Female Executives in Their Career Advancement

Abstract

     The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between human capital, organizational sponsorship, work-family balance, job characteristics, gender-role attitudes, career commitment, self-efficacy, and career advancement among Thai public organizations. For this research, 800 ordinary, female, civil servants in knowledge worker positions, managerial positions, and executive positions with at least 10 years of working experience were used as the sample. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The fit indices showed that the proposed model had an appropriate fit (χ² = 669.75, df = 227, χ²/df = 2.95, RMSEA = 0.049, CFI = 0.99, SRMR = 0.032). The variables in the model explained 77 percent of the variance in career advancement. Career commitment had the highest direct effect on career advancement with effect sizes of 0.51, while job characteristics had the highest indirect effect with effect sizes of 0.43 at the significance level of .05.