Career Progression of Indian Women Bank Managers:An Integrated 3P Model

Literature on the subject of career progression of women managers in general and in banking sector in particular highlights different factors in their environment, as well as in their personal and inter-personal domains that propel or prevent their career progression. The factors cited are mostly external to the women managers. Empirical evidence suggests that in spite of propellers at their side, some women may prefer stagnation to progression and vice-versa. This paper explores the dimension of preference along with the propelling and preventing factors influencing the career progression for women bank managers in India. The major contributions of this paper are two-fold: firstly, the paper provides a consolidated and comprehensive literature review on the factors determining career progression of women managers which can be used by academicians and researchers for future research; and secondly, it proposes a model of career progression called ‘Integrated 3P Model for Career Progression of Women Bank Managers’ integrating the dimension of women managers’ preference along with the propelling and preventing factors that influence their career progression.