Public Service Motivation in Ghanaian Civil Service: A Case Study of Ejisu-Juabeng Municipality

Edward Brenya, Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, Emmanuel Yeboah Kyei, Fred Precious Tariah, Azunda Nmerukini, Elizabeth Korkor Boateng and Rachel Yomle Angmor

International Journal of Public Administration, 2017, vol. 40, issue 2, 164-175

Abstract: Civil servants are perceived to possess altruistic motive known as Civil Service Motivation (PSM) which promotes public interest as confirmed in some developed countries. Using the Ejisu-Juabeng Municipality as a case study, this article assesses the existence of PSM in the Ghanaian public sector and finds that PSM exists in the public service but its existence does not ensure maximum output. The workers professed having motives such as sense of social justice, compassion, commitment to public interest, self-sacrifice, and sense of civic duty but indicated their unwillingness to commit their future to the public sector because of poor working conditions.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2015.1089443

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