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Civil service management and corruption: What we know and what we don't

Meyer-Sahling, J-H; Mikkelsen, KS; Schuster, JWC; (2018) Civil service management and corruption: What we know and what we don't. Public Administration , 96 (2) pp. 276-285. 10.1111/padm.12404. Green open access

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Abstract

Numerous studies have linked a range of economic, social, and institutional variables with corruption in government. Yet, most of this literature overlooks the management of public officials themselves. This is a relevant omission: almost all corrupt exchanges involve public officials. This article reviews studies—36 in total—that do address civil service management and anti‐corruption. It finds that prior works assess a narrow set of civil service management structures. Meritocratic recruitment and, less robustly, pay levels have been associated with lower corruption. By contrast, robust evidence on how corruption relates to other established public personnel management areas—such as distinct pay structures (rather than levels), promotion, transfer, and job stability practices—is largely unavailable. The article thus calls for research assessing the effects of a broader set of civil service management practices to gain a deeper understanding of corruption, and how to curb it.

Type: Article
Title: Civil service management and corruption: What we know and what we don't
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/padm.12404
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12404
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Political Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10045136
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