Abstract
When many women no longer wish or try to seek any advancement or promotion, we thought we had to find out what exactly had changed the respective attitudes and had motivated those women who presently hold mid-managerial positions. In this study we conducted qualitative research at four regional banks. As a result, we were able to develop a prescriptive implication with regard to fostering a better working environment, in which women's feeling of self-efficacy can be readily generated, fostered and developed so that women can step forward to seek promotion. To achieve the goals mentioned, we learned that we need to keep the door open for women to create broad internal networks and, irrespective of gender, we also learned and pointed out the importance of on-the-job experience of people mingling with and working with persons of excellent caliber.
