Sentiment d’efficacité personnelle et styles de management des responsables d’écoles primaires publiques de la région du Centre Cameroun.

Abstract

This work is entitled "Self-efficacy and management style of public primary school leaders in Cameroon". To make the world a more sustainable and pleasant place to live, humanity must be able to find solutions to increasingly complex and important global sustainability challenges. Education is an important vector in this respect, insofar as it is used to reorient managerial staff. It raises the problem of disparity, and even diversity, in the choice of management styles, despite the existence of an official model which is the democratic style. This drift of managerial deviance is explained by a low sense of personal effectiveness. The following theories were used in this study: Management by Objectives by Peter Ferdinand Drucker (1909-2005), Group Dynamics Theory (Kurt Lewin, 1947) and Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, 1977, 1986, 1997). This study is descriptive, exploratory and relational, using a mixed methods approach and the sampling technique was purposive sampling. Data were collected using a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview guide. The population consisted of 532 heads teachers of state primary schools, and 12 people with in-depth experience of the subject under study were interviewed. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS v.0.25. For all hypotheses, the alpha was 0.05 and the significance level 0.000. Spearman rank correlation analyses were performed at four different levels and the following results were obtained: RH1 was statistically confirmed at r = 0.721, P = 0.000 6 ≤ 0.05, indicating a strong positive correlation between mastery experiences and management style is high and positive. RH2 was statistically confirmed at r = 0. 931, P = 0.000 ≤ 0.05, showing a positive relationship between vicarious experiences positively increase management style. RH3 was statistically confirmed at r = 0.357, P = 0.000 ≤ 0.05, signifying a slight positive relationship between social persuasions received and management style. RH4 was statistically confirmed at r = 0. 587, P = 0.000 ≤ 0.05, signifying a positive relationship between physiological and emotional states and management style. In conclusion, the feeling of self-efficacy has a significant influence on the management style of state primary school heads teachers. Based on the results, resilient recommendations were formulated.