The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of multiple roles, leadership aspiration and Organizational Barriers on women‟s inclination in adopting managerial positions in Iranian universities. Survey data were collected from 135 women faculty members in top Ten Iranian Universities. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the hypothesized model, and hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to test the interaction effects. it was found that faculties‟ career role salience is positively related to their leadership aspiration and faculties‟ perceived work-family conflict is negatively related to their leadership aspiration. lower levels of leadership aspiration, in turn, resulted in faculties‟ inclination in adopting managerial positions. In addition, the effect of career role salience on leadership aspiration was found to be moderated by family role salience. so the positive relationship between career role salience and leadership aspiration will be stronger for employees with lower family role salience, compared to those with higher family role salience. Moreover, the effect of leadership aspiration on faculties‟ inclination in adopting managerial positions was found to be moderated by perceived organizational barriers. so the negative relationship between leadership aspiration and women‟s inclination in adopting managerial positions will be stronger for faculties who have higher perception of organizational barriers, compared to those with lower perception of organizational barriers.

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