Civil Servants Survey 2016
Ethiopia, 2016
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ETH_2016_ECSS_v01_M
Civil Servants Survey 2016
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Ethiopia | ETH |
The Ethiopian Civil Servants Survey (ECSS) was undertaken by the World Bank’s Bureaucracy Lab between June and September 2016. The survey included professional level staff and directors or heads of federal ministries or agencies, regional bureaus, and woreda (district) offices. It was undertaken in close collaboration with the Ministry of Public Service and Human Resource Development (now the Civil Service Commission).
To what extent do public officials feel they have control over their lives in public service? We develop a new measure of perceived control in the bureaucracy based on the locus of control scale. The `Bureaucratic Locus of Control' (BLOC) scale extends standard measures to a bureaucratic context as well as introduces an extension to these measures that focuses on the power of systemic forces in officials' lives. Field tests amongst a representative sample of Ethiopian public officials suggest that the BLOC scale has good internal reliability and that it is positively associated with promotion opportunities, rewards and motivation. We showcase its use by investigating the extent to which inequality in control impacts the general perception of control. Potential uses of the scale to study bureaucratic dynamics are discussed.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Individual & Organization
Scope
The survey covers the following themes:
Module 2: Demographic and Work History Information
Module 3: Management Practices
Module 4: Turnover
Module 5: Recruitment and Selection
Module 6: Attitude
Module 7: Time Use and Bottlenecks
Module 8: Information
Module 9: Information Technology
Module 10: Stakeholder Engagement
Module 11: Reforms
Module 12: Woreda And City Benchmarking
Interview Review Module
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Kerenssa Mayo Kay | World Bank |
| Daniel Rogger | World Bank |
| Iman Kalyan Sen | World Bank |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| World Bank Bureaucracy Lab | World Bank |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Ethiopia Civil Service Commission | Government of Ethiopia |
Survey instrument
An English version of the consolidated questionnaire is provided under the Documentation tab.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2016/06/13 | 2016/09/20 |
Data processing
To protect the anonymity of Civil Servants in Ethiopia, we have not included any individual level characteristics of civil servants. However, some aggregated characteristics at the organization level have been included.
The public data only includes variables that are used in the analysis of the Bureaucratic Locus of Control, and to show the relationship with outcomes such as performance and motivation.
Data Access
Public.
Kerenssa Kay, Daniel Rogger and Iman Sen (World Bank) (2020) Ethiopia Civil Servants Survey (ECSS) 2016. Ref : ETH_2016_ECSS_v01_M. Downloaded from [url] on [date].
Metadata production
DDI_ETH_2016_ECSS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | World Bank | Documentation of the Study |
2020-07-20
Metadata version
Version 01
2020-07-20