The managerial entrenchment: The paradox of law and acts in state-owned enterprises in Cameroon

In Cameroon’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs), a number of managers have succeeded in maintaining their positions as the head corporation, paradoxically with disappointing results. Based on this unorthodox practice, study strives to understand and explain strategic levers used by these maintain at top company, based 12 cases SOEs. The results corroborate existing knowledge make it possible identify singular contingencies instrumentalization instrumentation practices governance bodies structures that enable manager entrenchment.