Perceptions Of Civil Servants Research Articles

Balance of work and personal life in the perception of civil servants of the metropolitan megalopolis

The article presents the results of a sociological study to identify the peculiarities of the perception of work-life balance by modern civil servants of the metropolitan megalopolis. As the empirical basis the materials of questionnaires and interviewing carried out by the authors in 2022 in several ministries of the city of Moscow were used. Using modern methods of textual data analysis, the authors visualise with the help of a word cloud the answers of respondents to an open-ended question about their subjective understanding of work-life balance. Such terms as "time", "opportunity" and "family" prevail in the interpretation of the interviewed civil servants, that allows to find out what meaning civil servants put into the concept of work-life balance. Thus, being a subjective phenomenon, this concept is primarily associated with the proportional distribution of time for family and work. Based on the results of the questionnaire survey, the authors distinguish two groups of civil servants who do and do not experience a sense of work-life balance and analyse their socio-demographic characteristics, life priorities, attitude to work, assessments of time resources and level of satisfaction with various life spheres. Representing subjective assessments, the authors note that just over half of the civil service employees surveyed do not experience work-life balance. Statistical analysis showed that the selected groups do not have significant socio-demographic differences. It was also found that civil servants, who differently assess the presence of work-life balance, do not differ significantly in determining the leading life priorities, putting family and work in the foreground. However, statistically significant links were found between subjective indicators of work-life balance and peculiarities of differentiation of work and personal problems, assessment of sufficiency of time for everyday practices and satisfaction with private life. It was found that the state of imbalance is more characteristic of people who note the influence of work on personal affairs, experience a lack of time for everyday private life and are not satisfied with its main components. The interviewing focused on a group of external factors that relate to the conditions of employment, which is important to consider in matters of personnel policy and work organisation in the public service. The obtained materials allowed to consider the existing working regime from the point of view of civil servants, to discuss initiatives for its improvement, opportunities and limitations of remote work.

From party politics to governing instruments: an analysis of letters of allocation to the Norwegian and Swedish heritage agencies

ABSTRACT Over the last decade, heritage researchers have investigated the relationship between heritage and politics from various theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary angles. While much of this research has focused on international heritage governance, the results have highlighted that we need to reexamine the relationship between heritage organizations and politics at national level. Yet few studies have looked at the instruments used to transact authority between the political level of government and the state agencies that coordinate national heritage sectors. This article examines this relationship in Sweden and Norway. By intertextually analysing governing parties’ political programs and ‘letters of allocation’ issued from the government to heritage agencies, combined with a survey on the perceptions of civil servants, we show how these letters can serve as policy space where transactional authority can be practiced. The genre and political signals in the letters indicate that heritage governance in Norway is more politically responsive than in Sweden, and that governance reform is more successfully transacted through this governing instrument than heritage polices.

Analysis of Providing Employee Performance Allowances at the Sambas Class IB Religious Court from an Islamic Economic Perspective

The purpose of this research is to determine and analyze the perceptions of Civil Servants at the Sambas Religious Court Class I B regarding the provision of performance allowances, the view of Islamic Economics towards the provision of performance allowances for Civil Servants at the Sambas Religious Court Class I B. This type of research uses field research. which uses qualitative descriptive data, namely research whose data is extracted through observations. The data sources in this research are Civil Servants of the Sambas Religious Court Class I B. The data collection methods used are interviews, documentation, reference searches. Data management and analysis collection techniques were carried out by conducting in-depth interviews with informants. The results of this research show that the provision of performance allowances to Civil Servants of the Sambas Class I B Religious Court has mostly experienced an increase in performance and level of discipline which can be seen from two aspects, namely attendance and monthly performance reports. And most of them are in accordance with Islamic views, this is because the allowances given are in accordance with employee performance. The implication of this research is that Civil Servants of the Sambas Religious Court Class I B should increase supervision of their employees so that they pay more attention to their duties and responsibilities so that the implementation of employees' main duties and functions can run well. Therefore, employees should use benefits as motivation for working.

Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes of Central Government Civil Servants towards the National Capital (IKN) Relocation

Various discussions and studies from different sectors have emerged as a reaction to the relocation of the Indonesian capital city from economic, transportation, and environmental perspectives. However, not many articles discuss civil servants as one of the groups directly affected by the relocation policy. This paper describes the condition and correlation of civil servants' knowledge, perceptions and attitudes toward the IKN relocation policy. This research uses quantitative descriptive research methods, which were conducted by distributing surveys to Central Government Civil Servants based in Greater Jakarta. The survey results stated that civil servants had relatively excellent knowledge regarding IKN relocation, while civil servants' perceptions of IKN transfers tended to be negative. Regarding attitude, 48% of respondents wanted to be transferred with special compensation. Based on the analysis of the relationship between three aspects, it is known that crosstabulation analysis on knowledge and perception affects the attitudes of civil servants regarding the IKN relocation policy. Meanwhile, cross-tabulation analysis between knowledge and perception does not affect each other. Finally, from the results, to increase the knowledge and perception of civil servants, the government needs to increase socialization among civil servants regarding the IKN relocation policy and update the information regularly and massively, especially in the compensation that is more in favour of civil servants

Implementation of performance management and its relationship with the civil servants perception of a public entity framed in Law No. 30057 [Implementación de la gestión del rendimiento y su relación con la percepción de los servidores civiles de una entidad pública enmarcada en la ley N° 30057]

The objective of this scientific article is to find out if there is a relationship with the perception of civil servants of a public entity framed in Law No. 30057 and its implementation of Performance Management. The research is of a non-experimental and descriptive type, different types of data collection were carried out, including an in-depth interview with the Head of the Human Resources Unit and 50% of the servers that were evaluated in the implementation of Performance Management. of said Entity; and as a documentary analysis, the following documentation was reviewed: The Civil Service Law - Law No. 30057, the SERVIR Human Resources Management Administrative System, regarding the Performance Management subsystem and its implementation in an Entity of the Public Sector. The result of the investigation was a negative perception on the part of the servers of the implementation of Performance Management under the framework of the Civil Service Law, this can be seen reflected in the results of the in-depth interview carried out with the civil servants of the Entity. A proposal for improvement and impacts is concluded and recommended, which includes documentation validated by the National Civil Service Authority -SERVIR, which must be used efficiently in all public sector entities as part of the entry into the Civil Service Law, as well, the benefits and impacts that it will have on people, entity and social management.

Evaluation of the Sustainability Indicator for Road Infrastructure in Indonesia

The quality of road infrastructure in Indonesia is ranked 64th out of 137 countries studied behind Singapore which was placed 2nd, Malaysia 23rd, Brunei Darussalam 33rd, and Thailand 59th. Therefore, the main objective of this research was to analyze the sustainability indicators for the road infrastructures in the country and also to evaluate the effect of these indicators based on the perceptions of civil servants and contractors. The process involved conducting a literature review to identify the variables and indicators while a survey was used to gauge the perceptions of the respondents. The data obtained were analyzed using the Structural Equation Modeling with a Partial Least Square approach. The results showed the most influential indicator for existing and expected road infrastructures were road lighting with a loading factor of 0.904 and environmental assessment process with 1.000 respectively according to the government employees. Meanwhile, the construction company employees believed it was the environmental assessment process with 1.000 as well as pedestrian access, bicycle route, and public transportation with 1.000 respectively. The usefulness of this research is to produce indicators that can be used by infrastructure managers to improve their performance by seeking the development and maintenance of the right infrastructure so that it can be used according to the needs of the user.

ANALISIS PEMBERIAN TUNJANGAN KINERJA PADA PEGAWAI NEGERI SIPIL KEMENTERIAN AGAMA DI KABUPATEN SAMBAS MENURUT EKONOMI SYARIAH

The main problems of this research are 1) What is the perception of Civil Servants of the Ministry of Religion in Sambas Regency giving performance allowances? 2) What is the view of Islamic Economics on the provision of performance allowances for Civil Servants of the Ministry of Religion in Sambas Regency? This type of research uses field research that uses qualitative descriptive data, namely research whose data is extracted through observations. The data sources in this study are Civil Servants of the Ministry of Religion in Sambas Regency. Data collection methods used are interviews, documentation, reference tracing. Data collection and management techniques were carried out by conducting in-depth interviews with informants. The results of this study indicate that the provision of performance allowances to Civil Servants of the Ministry of Religion in Sambas Regency mostly experienced an increase in performance and level of discipline which can be seen from two aspects, namely absenteeism and daily performance reports. And most of them are in accordance with the Islamic view, this is because the benefits provided are in accordance with the employee's performance. The implication of this research is that Civil Servants of the Ministry of Religion in Sambas Regency should increase supervision of their employees so that they pay more attention to their duties and responsibilities so that the implementation of the main duties of employees can run well. Therefore, employees should make allowances as motivation to work. This journal is a template for writers. All components needed by a journal such as title, abstract, introduction, and so on have been exemplified here. So just use it by piling it up.

Perception of civil servants regarding the professional performance assessment process in the Republic of Moldova

This article includes an empirical research of the process of evaluating the performance in the public service of the Republic of Moldova, in the perception of civil servants. The importance of the quality of human resources and personnel policy in the public administration and the role of performance evaluation in order to streamline public administration were highlighted. In order to have a better understanding of the impact of performance appraisal of civil servants on the administration process in the Republic of Moldova, a study was conducted by collecting empirical data. Empirical research illustrates the state of affairs in this segment of the competitive labor market. The application of sociological research methods, techniques, procedures and tools provided the opportunity to study the perception of civil servants on the performance evaluation process in the Republic of Moldova.

Governmental policy capacity and policy work in a small place: Reflections on perceptions of civil servants in Prince Edward Island, Canada from a practitioner in the field

The body of public administration literature is missing contributions from practitioners in the field. Emic or insider-led studies of public administration can act as powerful mechanisms to generate new knowledge. This article studies the relationship between place, perceptions and policy work by drawing on the author’s own public administration experience and interviews with civil servants. The results show that societal factors such as political culture and reduced anonymity associated with small place create challenges when developing public policy. However, expedited public engagement and problem identification were perceived by civil servants to be enhanced by a small context. This means that small place can be both limiting and beneficial for high levels of policy capacity. Overall, this article finds that geospatial factors such as smallness impact perceptions of policy work and capacity. Furthermore, this article finds that insider-led studies of public administration can indeed make important and unique contributions to the body of literature and are therefore deserving of more serious methodological consideration.

Nordic Administrative Collaboration: Scope, Predictors and Effects on Policy Design and Administrative Reform Measures

This article examines whether Nordic administrative collaboration is still ‘alive and kicking,’ or whether it has been marginalized by increased integration into Europe and strong international reform trajectories. We analyse the scope and intensity of Nordic administrative collaboration from a structural perspective based on the perceptions of civil servants in the Norwegian central government. We also address the implications of Nordic collaboration for policy design and reform measures. The main conclusion is that Nordic administrative collaboration can best be described as differentiated integration. The scope of Nordic administrative collaboration is rather broad, and its internal structural features vary significantly. Nordic collaboration is perceived to have more of an effect on policy design than on specific administrative reform means and measures. However, structural features also matter.

Study on State of the Affairs Regarding Unreasoable & Unreasonably Persistent Civil Complaints against EITC and Perception of Civil Servants in NTS Special Local Administrative Agencies

Study on State of the Affairs Regarding Unreasoable & Unreasonably Persistent Civil Complaints against EITC and Perception of Civil Servants in NTS Special Local Administrative Agencies

THE CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM AFTER 2014 YEAR

As for the civil service in Ukraine, we can identify a number of innovations aimed at improving the performance and ensuring the quality of civil service, namely: separation of administrative and political positions; clarification of the legal status of a civil servant; separation of civil service from political activity; establishing an exhaustive list of persons who are not subjected to the civil service legislation; introduction of a new approach to the classification of civil servants’ positions; a competency-based approach to the selection of candidates for the civil service; defining legislatively common approaches to entry, performance and separation from civil service; improving professional skills and professional training of civil servants, their labor remuneration, bonus payments and encouragement, as well as disciplinary responsibility.  
 Reforming the civil service legislation has become the most important step towards the public administration reform. Constant changes and amendments to the newly adopted legislation signify about it imperfection. Nevertheless, it should be noted that legislators and reformers are moving in the right direction. 
 The data analyzed in the article show that Ukraine has come a long way from the Soviet civil service legacy. However, it is still in the middle of the road: these achievements must be supported by continuous efforts to render them irreversible and significantly improve the efficiency of public administration.
 The analysis of the sources in the article shows that the ideal picture of a public servant should correspond to his real perception. In fact, the public perception of civil servants in Ukraine is quite negative, as people see a striking difference between the reality and the ideal mentioned above. It turned out that the public servant, according to public perception, lacked almost all the necessary features. This demonstrates the enormous problems with civil servants in Ukraine due to the mismatch between public perception and the ideal image of a public servant. Thus, statistics show that the majority of respondents (about 70 percent) said that a Ukrainian civil servant is poorly qualified, tends to avoid solving complex cases, impatiently violates the law, demonstrates low respect for customers, is not trustworthy, is biased and interested in his own interests (puts one's own interests ahead of the public), non-result oriented, etc.
 The article concludes that public service reform in Ukraine should be supported not only by political measures that enhance the professionalism of employees, but also include procedures for changing public attitudes towards them. The negative perception of civil servants can be closely linked to the civil service itself: Ukrainians perceive it as a corrupt and bureaucratic institution that breaks innovation, does not care about cost-effectiveness, and does not perceive positive change.

Perception of Civil Servants on the Devolution of Central Government’s Affairs to Local Governments - Focusing on National Forest Management -

Perception of Civil Servants on the Devolution of Central Government’s Affairs to Local Governments - Focusing on National Forest Management -

Ombudsman for Good Governances in Ethiopia: Assessing the Awareness and Perceptions of Civil Servants: Insight from South Wollo Zone Civil Servants

The existence of Ombudsman promotes good governance around the world by ensuring administrative accountability and transparency. The necessity for the office of Ombudsman has been felt in Ethiopia ever since 1991 and the 1995 FDRE Constitution makers incorporated provision for democratic institutions in Article 55 of the constitution. In 2000, the parliament in Ethiopia passed the Ombudsman Act in pursuance of Article 55 of the FDRE constitution. The objective of this paper is to provide an analytical overview of the awareness and perceptions of civil servants about Ethiopian Ombudsman institution as a mechanism of good governance by focusing on south wollo zone civil servants. To achieve this objective explanatory research approach was used. First quantitative data collected and followed by qualitative data. The quantitative data interpreted using SPSS version 20 and verified against qualitative data and existing literature. Using these researcher reach upon the following finding. Thus, the finding shows that although the importance of ombudsman as mechanism of promoting good governance is accepted as indispensable part of democratization process, the office, however, has not yet been reach grass root level and the provisions of the act have remained as dead letters. As a result, the local area people do not aware of the importance of this institution and have no good perception of it. Hence, this paper recommends that the concerned bodies should create awareness among local civil servants who have carried burdens of maladministration.

Reducing Corruption through Enhancing Public Service Ethics in Bangladesh

Corruption exists within and between government organizations as the form of bribing, swindling, favoritism and many other forms which destroys the public morale. It spreads its greedy clutches all over the country; Government officials are engaged in corruption for greed for power, selfishness, wealth and money. This paper is an attempt to identify the forms of corruption in civil service and how ethical code of behavior to reduce the level of malfunctions. Social survey method has been followed for this study where the factor has been explained to know the perception of general people. The study finds that lack of accountability and transparency, dishonesty, nepotism and favoritism are also responsible for corruption and made suggestions to combat corruption in Bangladesh based on the perception of civil servants and the general people.Keywords: corruption, public service, ethics, people’s perception

Administração pública federal: a percepção de servidores sobre a ética

The deontological codes reflect the values of society and clarifies the guiding principles of the society. The goal of the article is to identify the degree of ethical awareness of the issue in federal civil servants through the relationship between ethics, citizenship and democracy; and the perception of them as the Ethical Management System established in 2007. Inductive, exploratory qualitative and multicase research was held with members of two departments of Federal Executive, characterized initially as experiences of success and failure in the implementation of the Sectorial Ethics Commission. Three analysis categories emerged: 1) perception of federal civil servants on ethics; 2) perception of civil servants on the relationship between ethics, democracy and citizenship; and 3) perception of civil servants on the magnitude of Ethics Management System and management tools, which was divided in 11 categories. The results of the analysis reveal that the civil servants considers ethics relevant, but it is difficult to assimilate. Identifies it as a new administrative role, but feels powerless to act on situations which involve ethical conflict. The relationship between ethics, citizenship and democracy was not evident, although freedom and respect have been considered essential values in the process. The work gives rise to deepening.

Economic Aid: The End of Phase II and the Impact on Sustainable Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland

Economic aid has been a critical component of the peace process in Northern Ireland allowing for community-based interventions, employment, social inclusion and regional stability. With the second round of funding coming to a close this essay explores the thoughts and perceptions of civil servants, fund administrators and community group leaders in Derry, Belfast and the Border Area to consider peoples reflections on the outcome of funding, concerns for the future once funding ends, what vital work is still needed and what strategies exist to continue the work of peace after the cessation of Phase II.

지방공무원 사이버 교육훈련의 학습효과에 영향을 미치는 요인 분석 - 충청남도 공무원 인식을 중심으로 -

본 연구는 최근 행정환경 및 행정수요의 변화에 대처하고자 공무원 교육훈련 패러다임의 전환 요구와 함께 사이버교육이 급격하게 요구받고 있는 실정에서, 충청남도 공무원의 인식을 중심으로 지방공무원 사이버 교육훈련의 학습효과에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석해 보고, 아울러 지방공무원 사이버 교육훈련의 개선방향을 제시해 보고자 하였다. 분석결과, 사이버 교육 학습효과에 대해서는 전반적으로 보통이라고 인식하는 응답자가 많았다(평균 3.0726). 사이버 교육효과에 대해 연령과 직급에서 유의미한 차이를 보이고 있었다. 즉, 연령이 높아질수록 사이버 교육훈련의 학습효과가 높다고 인식하고 있었고, 급수가 높아질수록 마찬가지로 사이버 교육훈련의 효과가 높다고 인식하고 있었다. 다음으로, 교수와 학습자간 커뮤니티가 사이버 교육훈련의 학습효과에 가장 큰 영향을 미치고 있었고, 다음으로 교육 구성 컨텐츠가 영향을 미치고 있었다. 향후 사이버 교육 학습효과를 개선하기 위해서는 무엇보다도 교육내용 제시가 다양화 되어야 하고, 아울러 사이버교육 접근성의 확대와 사이버교육 전담인력 확보가 시급하다는 것을 알 수 있었다. The present study purposed to analyze factors affecting the effect of cyber education and training in local civil servants focused on the perception of civil servants in Chungcheongnam-do, and to make suggestions for improving cyber education and training for local civil servants. According to the results of analysis in this study, many of the respondents replied that the effect of cyber education was moderate in general (3.0726 on the average). In addition, the effect of cyber education was significantly different according to age and position. That is, the older civil servants were and the higher their position was, the more highly they perceived the effect of cyber education and training. In addition, the result of cyber education and training was affected most by the community of teachers and learners, and next by the contents of education. In order to improve the effect of cyber education, most of all, the contents of education should be diversified, and furthermore, it is keenly required to expand accessibility to cyber education and to deploy personnel exclusive for cyber education.

Public procurement and contracting in bangladesh: An analysys of the perceptions of civil servants

This paper analyzes the perceptions of Bangladeshi civil servants towards public procurement and contracting practices in Bangladesh. The interview method was used in the study to analyze the perceptions of the Bangladeshi civil servants towards public procurement and contract-related issues in Bangladesh. The study reveals that civil servants of Bangladesh have diverse and varying perceptions towards public procurement and contracting practices in Bangladesh, even though they share some commonalities. The results of the survey demonstrate that a majority of the civil servants are in general familiar with public purchasing in Bangladesh. While earlier research depicted that almost all the civil servants in the US public agencies were found quite familiar with contracting and outsourcing, this study shows that less than a moderate percentage of the civil servants of Bangladesh is quite or pretty familiar with contracting and/or outsourcing.

Perception Survey of Civil Servants: A Preliminary Report

Despite various attempts at reforming the civil services the common perception seems to be that the system essentially remains similar to that inherited from the colonial past. Worse still, little is known about the perceptions of civil servants on various issues in civil service reforms. Against this backdrop, the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics conducted a perception survey of civil servants seeking their views on recruitment, training, performance evaluation, job satisfaction, and relationship with the private sector. This preliminary report highlights the key findings of the survey. Section 2 sets out the survey methodology. Sections 3 to 7 respectively highlight the survey findings with respect to recruitment, postings and training, performance evaluation, job satisfaction, bureaucracy, private sector, and institutions and reforms.