摘要:EFL teachers working in Saudi Arabian universities are often from different social, cultural and academic
backgrounds. The factors that affect their self-efficacy can vary from one teacher to another because of their
different social and cultural associations. This research is carried out in the light of the existing literature to
determine some of the factors and variables which may influence the level of EFL teachers’ self-efficacy who teach
at the universities in Saudi Arabia. Some of the factors are related to the personal traits of the teachers such as
competence, experience, flexibility, hard work, perseverance, motivation, attitude, self-efficacy, resourcefulness
and how they see themselves as teachers; whereas others are associated with their cultural, social and academic
background, the working environment of an organization, and the attitudes of learners. Teacher self-efficacy is
prone to be affected either negatively or positively by all these factors.