The Causal Model of Career Advancement for Female Executives in Thai Public Organization
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This research aimed to develop a structural equation model of career advancement for women executives in Thai public organization. The research samples were 640 women ordinary civil servants selected using multi-stage sampling. Data was significantly statistical analyzed by using LISREL program. The results indicated the developed model was valid and fitted to empirical data (c2=558.48, df=227, c2/df=2.46, CFI=0.99, GFI=0.93, RMSEA=0.048, SRMR=0.034). Human capital, family factor, organizational factor, job characteristics factor, gender-role attitudes, career commitment and self-efficacy were described 71 percent of the variance of career advancement. Organizational factor was the highest direct effect on career advancement at significant level .05 with effect sizes of 0.45 while job characteristics factor was the highest indirect effect with effect sizes of 0.44 as well.
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