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Examined the relative importance of situational and personal factors for women's managerial advancement. Questionnaire data were gathered from 654 female and 616 male managers of 6 levels. For women, situation variables were more associated with advancement than were person variables. The work situation's development opportunities and structure were most associated, but the home situation was weakly associated or unrelated. Women's work-relevant demographics were also related to advancement, but not the person variables of attitudes and early socialization. Men's and women's advancement were predicted by similar factors. Significant associations also occurred for the situational variables of longer career ladders, organizational career encouragement, and public sector employment.(French abstract)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)