Authors: Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling
Report providing evidence from a survey with over 1,600 public servants in Ghana. The purpose of the survey is to identify the main attitudes and behaviors of public officials, such as work motivation and job satisfaction, in order to develop civil service management practices for a more motivated, committed and ethical public service.
The findings of the report suggest that public servants in Ghana are, by and large, strongly committed to their work. They are motivated and express values consistent with the spirit of public service. While there is little evidence that public servants regularly use their positions to benefit political actors, public servants more regularly derive personal benefit from their positions and/or use their positions to benefit friends and family.
