School Board Members' Self-Efficacy Beliefs About Their Governance Tasks: A Case Study Of Two Districts In Lesotho
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Senekal, S.L.
Mhlolo, M.K.
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Bloemfontein: Central University of Technology, Free State
Abstract
Although decentralization has led to greater autonomy for school boards [SB];
many of them seem to be ineffective. This paper examined the extent to which
SB members perceived their tasks as challenges or as threats. Bandura's selfefficacy
theory framed this qualitative study in which 108 participants were
purposively sampled. A Skills Confidence Inventory (SCI) was used to collect
data. The results from this study show that SB members have moderate to
high self-efficacy beliefs in 5 of the 7 roles that were investigated. Further
studies should be conducted to determine the responsive levels existing
within the school governance environments.
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