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The purpose of this study is to analyze, through a bibliographic review, the characteristics of both genders and their relationship with leadership. In addition, this work will comment on the changes that have taken place over the years, and to highlight the stereotypical perceptions that stand up until today which are the inhibiting factor in the professional development of many women who wish to take up the administration of school units. This work aims to study the role of a headmaster in a primary school unit, the characteristics that he/she ought to have being a leading form and what is the most appropriate method of managing an educational unit. Furthermore, this study has the purpose of investigating and identifying scientifically, those factors and mechanisms that impede females, to claim managerial positions and administrative roles. It studies the existence or not of stereotypical views among men and women, who hold administrative duties and the influence they might have on the psychology of the female candidates on their professional development. As a methodological tool for conducting this study, a questionnaire was used, which helped to collect all the necessary answers of the interviewed headmasters of Primary schools of Eastern and Western Thessaloniki. The questionnaire in its structure mainly included closed-ended questions about the educational administration, and it was filled by 187 school unit managers. Below you can find the analysis of the data, as well as the concerns and suggestions for further analysis