Public Service Motivation in Ghanaian Civil Service: A Case Study of Ejisu-Juabeng Municipality |
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Authors: | Edward Brenya Samuel Adu-Gyamfi Emmanuel Yeboah Kyei Fred Precious Tariah Azunda Nmerukini Elizabeth Korkor Boateng |
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Affiliation: | Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana |
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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. |
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Keywords: | Altruistic motive civil/public sector maximum productive public administration public service motivation |
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