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The dissertation "Leadership style of men and women managers in Bulgaria" is 184 pages long; it contains 14 figures, 51 tables, 8 pages of bibliography. The text is structured in 4 chapters, a forward and a conclusion. There are 8 applications, volume of 39 pages. Object: leadership manifested in the form of a particular leadership style (leadership behavior) of Bulgarian business managers. Subjects: gender impact on the leadership style. Purposes: To define strong determinants that affect leadership style; To determine the dominant leadership style of men and women managers in particular business sectors of the Bulgarian economy; To set the theoretical grounds and to search empirically the relationship between gender and leadership style. Thesis: Differences in the behavior of men and women managers exist, also in the expectations to them. In comparable business environment no significant differences in their choice of a leadership style has been observed. Hypothesis: Gender of the manager is a determinant of the leadership style - partially confirmed; There are determinants the impact of which on the leadership style is very strong. Such a determinant is the socio - cultural environment - confirmed; Regardless of the business sector of the company, managers are inclined to use both transactional and transformational leadership styles - confirmed.
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