Women in Bulgarian Management: Cultural Perceptions

Abstract

The study of cultural perceptions of the role of women in Bulgarian management is based on the survey of 125 Bulgarian managers conducted in 2014-2015 and application of the GLOBE cross-cultural research methodology. It highlights relatively high scores on behavior-tied perceptions of Gender Egalitarianism in Bulgaria compared to 62 societies and moderate scores on value-tied scores. The study displays visible gaps in perceptions of gender roles between women managers and male managers. The paper also compares Bulgarian managers’ perceptions on Gender Egalitarianism with the data from the European Union countries and confirms their consistency with the broader GLOBE research assessments.