TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the gender role phenomenon and the stereotyping of requisite managers’ personal characteristics in the Greek society of today.Design/methodology/approach Data were collected quantitatively based on the informants’ perceptions on successful managers’ personality traits and according to the informants’ personality characteristics. Questionnaires were administered online to two separate convenience samples. Reliability analysis (Cronbach’s α) was employed for scale refinement, while intraclass correlation coefficient (r’) and t-test analysis examined the similarity of respondents’ responses across the items of the refined scale.Findings The results indicate that gender role stereotypes are challenged. It seems that the perceived managers’ personality is comprised of both agentic/masculine and communal/feminine characteristics and this perception is not perceived differently by men and women. This debates on whether the “glass ceiling” exists due to other determinants.Originality/value The study contributes to the literature on gender role stereotyping research and perceptions of managerial personality characteristics in Greece.
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
SN  - 1450-2194
DO  - 10.1108/EMJB-06-2017-0023
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/EMJB-06-2017-0023
AU  - Vassakis Konstantinos
AU  - Sakka Georgia
AU  - Lemonakis Christos
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Demystification of the glass ceiling phenomenon: Gender stereotyping and successful managers’ personality traits in Greece
T2  - EuroMed Journal of Business
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 2
EP  - 19
Y2  - 2024/04/18
ER  -