Gender Stereotypes and Family Decision-Making: Comparative Study of Central Europe and Central Asia

Purpose: The article aims to examine the impact of women’s decision-making power in families on their gender stereotypes about business executives promising but insufficiently explored regions Central Europe (CE) and Asia (CA). Methodology: study utilized multiple linear regression Spearman’s correlation coefficients analyze survey data (No=6,869) from European (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan). Findings: women demonstrated stronger compared sample. Equally shared with a part-ner has positive weakening top managers. Men’s unilateral correlates spouses’ higher bias, whereas independent decisions do not reveal relationship stereotypes. Research limitations: does control respondents’ marital mother’s status excludes one states, namely Turkmenistan. implications: Policymakers can use present findings forecast how familialist pol-icies reproduce inhibit equality. research complements specificity vicious cycle linking roles context CE CA expands “family cage” phenomenon. Originality/value: First massive embrac-ing Visegrad Group four states. discovers internal aspect family views managers that been neglected before.