Abstract:
Purpose: The fundamental objective of the research was to examine the components affecting
the career advancement of women in banking sector, Karachi. The research contain the following
objectives: to determine the amplitude to which age prevail women career advancement in
banking sector; to estimate the extent to which gender alter women career advancement in
banking sector in Karachi; to study the level to which education affects career advancement of
women in banking sector.
Methodology: The method used in the study focused on selected branches of Banks located in
Karachi. There were two respondents from each of the bank branches, the branch manager and
another senior bank official, of the opposite sex from the branch manager. A semi-structured
questionnaire was used to compile elementary statistics from the respondents. Moreover, the
researcher used Cronbach’s alpha, one way Anova and Tukey to present information pertaining
to the study objectives.
Findings: The research of the study demonstrates that majority of the respondents either
agreed or strongly agreed that independent factors: age; gender issues; peculiar skills, regime,
hard work, stature and achievement affect career advancement of women; and inadequacy of
women regarding their fortitude and their proclivity to be more self-analytical than men prohibit
their career growth in the banking sector in Karachi. The research also shows that the ranking of
the factors affecting career amelioration of women in the banking sector, show as follows:
Individual’s age was rated number one, women inadequacy regarding their fortitude and their
proclivity to be more self-analytical than men prohibit their career growth was rated number two,
Individual’s level of education was rated number three, the gender issue was rated number four,
and the last rated was Individual’s skills, tenure, hard work, reputation and performance.
Implication: The result shows that the personal factor is the biggest hurdle in the women
growth are personal than comes the interpersonal factor and lastly comes the organizational
factor
