The Global Survey of Public Servants

How do civil service management practices differ within and across governments? How do core attitudes of public servants—such as their motivation or satisfaction—differ within and across governments? Understanding how public administrations around the world function and differ is crucial for strengthening their effectiveness. Most comparative measures of bureaucracy rely on surveys of experts, households, or firms, rather than directly questioning bureaucrats. Direct surveys of public officials enable governments to benchmark themselves and scholars to study comparative public administration and the state differently, based on micro-data from actors who experience government first-hand. This paper introduces the Global Survey of Public Servants, a global initiative to collect and harmonize large-scale, comparable survey data on public servants. The Global Survey of Public Servants can help scholars compare public administrations around the world and understand the internal dynamics of governments, with the published Global Survey of Public Servants data freely available online.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Schuster, Christian, Mikkelsen, Kim Sass, Rogger, Daniel, Fukuyama, Francis, Hasnain, Zahid, Mistree, Dinsha, Meyer-Sahling, Jan, Bersch, Katherine, Kay, Kerenssa
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2023-03
Subjects:	SURVEY METHODS, BUREAUCRACY, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES IN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS, CORRUPTION, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, GLOBAL SURVEY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099617503012340767/IDU047b7124c0f40a04bcc0a117076bab6917024 https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39493
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