{"doc_desc":{"idno":"DDI_GHA_2018_PESBR_v01_M_WB","producers":[{"name":"Development Data Group","abbreviation":"DECDG","affiliation":"The World Bank","role":"Documentation of the study"}],"prod_date":"2022-05-20","version_statement":{"version":"Version 01 (May 2022)"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"GHA_2018_PESBR_v01_M","title":"Survey of Public Servants 2018","alt_title":"PESBR 2018"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Daniel Oliver Rogger","affiliation":"The World Bank "}],"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Daniel Oliver Rogger","affiliation":"The World Bank","email":"drogger@worldbank.org","uri":""}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Administrative Records, Other (ad\/oth]"},"version_statement":{"version":"Version 01: Anonymized and aggregated dataset for public distribution"},"study_info":{"abstract":"To better understand these issues and identify ideas for reform, a joint research team composed of Civil Servants and academic research staff conducted interviews with over 2,762 senior-level officers in 45 Ministries, Departments, and Agencies in Ghana\u2019s Civil Service. In 2018, the research team went back to the same MDAs and collaborated with new organizations and departments created since 2015, interviewing 3,003 officials in 58 ministries and departments.\n\nIn order to rigorously measure the quality of management practices, the Ghana Civil Servants Survey adapted the framework of the World Management Survey, an internationally recognized tool for benchmarking management quality, to measure management in the Civil Service. The survey asked questions on six topics of strategic importance to the civil service: the setting of targets, monitoring performance, the definition of roles, flexibility in implementation, the provision of incentives, and effective staffing practice.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2018-06-19","end":"2018-10-30","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Ghana","abbreviation":"GHA"}],"geog_coverage":"45 MDAs targeted in 2015 and new organizations and departments created between 2015 and 2018 in 58 ministries and departments.","analysis_unit":"Public officials","universe":"45 MDAs targeted in 2015 and new organizations and departments created between 2015 and 2018 in 58 ministries and departments.","data_kind":"Aggregate data [agg]","notes":"The study covered the following topics:\n- Management practices\n- Job characteristics, tasks and responsibilities\n- Ease of doing work\n- Work history and individual characteristics\n- Recruitment, promotion, and additional characteristics\n- Corruption in the service\n- Opportunity for open feedback on the service"},"method":{"data_collection":{"sampling_procedure":"In 2015, a joint research team composed of Civil Servants and academic research staff conducted interviews with over 2,762 senior-level officers in 45 Ministries, Departments, and Agencies in Ghana\u2019s Civil Service. In 2018, the research team went back to the same MDAs and collaborated with new organizations and departments created since 2015, interviewing 3,003 officials in 58 ministries and departments. All senior officials were eligible to be interviewed.","coll_mode":["Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]"],"research_instrument":"The survey questionnaire comprises following modules: 1- Cover page, 2- Management practices, 3- Job characteristics, tasks and responsibilities, 4- Ease of doing work, 5- Work history and individual characteristics, 6- Recruitment, promotion, and additional characteristics, 7- Corruption in the service, 8- Opportunity for open feedback on the service, and 9- Post-interview questions.","coll_situation":"Face-to-face individual surveys conducted by teams of civil servants delegated by OHCS"},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"Response rate was 92%."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"cit_req":"The use of the datasets must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:\n- the identification of the Primary Investigator (including country name);\n- the full title of the survey and its acronym (when available), and the year(s) of implementation;\n- the survey reference number;\n- the source and date of download (for datasets disseminated online).","disclaimer":"The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses."}}},"schematype":"survey","tags":[{"tag":"DOI"}]}