Psycho-Sociological Motivations of Civil Servants and Corruption Practices in the Cameroon Public Service: Case of the Ministries of Basic and Secondary Education

Abstract

This work intends to study the psycho-sociological motivations of civil servants and corruption practices in the Cameroon Public Service: Corruption as well as other questions of development is an emergent problem which needs to be taken seriously. In Cameroon and particularly in the education sector, it has taken a considerable dimension. The research question which sustains this study goes thus: Do the psycho-sociological motivations of civil servants have an impact on corruption practice in the Cameroon Public Service? From enquiries carried out on 200 teachers of both the Basic and Secondary Education of the Wouri Division (Littoral Region), the results indicate that corruption practice is linked to the dissatisfaction of needs and the expectations of civil servants as well as poor working conditions. Thus a significant link between psycho-sociological motivations of civil servants and corruption practice in the Cameroon Public Service.

Keywords: motivations, psycho-sociological motivations, corruption.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-23-02

Publication date: August 31^st 2019