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The role of women in bulgarian business: cultural perceptions - БИЗНЕС ПОСОКИ

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One of the fundamental pillars of Bulgaria's progress as a civil and democratic society is its commitment to non-discrimination on nationality, race and gender. Gender egalitarianism has been one of visible distinctions of Bulgarian business, management and leadership practices

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Promoter: Maryia Bobina, Univeristy of Iowa and Diana SAbotinova, Burgass Free University
Power domain: Economic Power
Methods / tools: Awareness-raising, Networking, Benchmarking
Keywords: democratic society, gender egalitarism, women managers

Context

A journal article based on the authors' large-scale survey of Bulgarian managers, describing perceptions of gender roles in business and management and placing Bulgaria among the leading EU countries on perceived gender egalitarianism in business practices.

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Data sources

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ProPEGE — Equal Leadership catalogue — accessed 2026-06-14
Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14

Quality score: 81/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Top 34% in this catalogue (719 scored practices)

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Evaluation

Evaluated by ProPEGE consortium (Equal Leadership)

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Transferability / replicability3/3

How readily the practice can be replicated or transferred to other contexts (graded 0–3).

Impact on gender equality1/1

Whether the practice demonstrably improved gender-equality outcomes.

Effectiveness1/1

Whether it achieved its intended objectives.

Evaluated outcomes1/1

Whether the outcomes were formally evaluated or measured.

Achievement / evidence1/1

The strength of documented evidence that the practice worked.

Sustainability1/1

Whether the practice is ongoing or has lasting institutional structures.

Gender-mainstreaming embedding1/1

How well gender equality is embedded across strategy, continuity and financing.

Curator validation0/1

The ProPEGE curators' validation of quality, scope and final approval.

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