Gender stereotypes about managers: a comparative study of Central-Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Abstract

The paper investigates gender stereotypes about managers across a post-socialist, now emerg‐ ing geographic region with the high Human Development Index but lacking due research at‐ tention. The study extends the previous survey conducted in Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia with a Kazakhstan sample of 551 respondents. The research identified stronger gender stereotypes in Kazakhstan compared to Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The influence of the socialist period and retraditionalism on women and management in Central Asia (CA) and CEE is discussed.