@article{article_211894, title={STEREOTYPES AND BARRIERS FOR WOMEN ADMINISTRATORS IN DIFFERENT CULTURES}, journal={Education Sciences}, volume={8}, pages={460–470}, year={2013}, DOI={10.12739/NWSA.2013.8.4.1C0599}, url={https://izlik.org/JA49EH64EK}, author={Aslanargun, Engin}, keywords={Women Principals, Administration, Barriers, Stereotypes, Genders,}, abstract={It has been long debated that discrimination based on the gender is one of the basic barriers that hinder schools achieving the goals in democratic societies. Researches about tackling gender issues have increased recently and investigated whether there are barriers for women for administration. Since management theories are mostly resembles each other throughout the world within the times, comparative studies need to be done considering the cultural context. The purpose of the paper is to compare and contrast researches about women administration at schools and other institutions together with the barriers and stereotypes they experience in promotion. It was employed qualitative research design to analyze 39 articles published in four journals of education, leadership and gender. The studies analyzed in this paper have concluded that women more or less, or overt or covert had to face with disadvantaged settings compared with men in administrations in different cultures regardless of developmental level of countries.}, number={4}