The Influence of Workplace Friendship for Female Employees’ Career Success in the Logistics Industry

Abstract

Abstract. An increasing number of women are pursuing self-realization in the workplace because of the opening of society. With more fierce competition and gender pressure, the female's career success will be affected by more complex factors. In this paper, we used structural equation model to test the relationship between the workplace friendship and career success by collecting data from 108 female employees in a logistics enterprise. The main findings are as follows. Workplace friendship had significant positive effects on career satisfaction, internal marketability, external marketability, which can be a basis for further research and management practice.