Responding to COVID-19 through Surveys of Public Servants

Christian Schuster; Lauren Weitzman; Kim Sass Mikkelsen; Jan Meyer-Sahling; Katherine Bersch; Francis Fukuyama; Patricia Paskov; Daniel Rogger; Dinsha Mistree; Kerenssa Kay

doi:10.1111/puar.13246

Responding to COVID-19 through Surveys of Public Servants

Public Adm Rev. 2020 Sep-Oct;80(5):792-796. doi: 10.1111/puar.13246. Epub 2020 Aug 24.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ University College London.
² Stanford University.
³ Roskilde School of Governance.
⁴ University of Nottingham.
⁵ Davidson College.
⁶ World Bank.
⁷ Stanford University Law School.

Abstract

Responding to COVID-19 presents unprecedented challenges for public sector practitioners. Addressing those challenges requires knowledge about the problems that public sector workers face. This Viewpoint essay argues that timely, up-to-date surveys of public sector workers are essential tools for identifying problems, resolving bottlenecks, and enabling public sector workers to operate effectively during and in response to the challenges posed by the pandemic. This essay presents the COVID-19 Survey of Public Servants, which is currently being rolled out in several countries by the Global Survey of Public Servants Consortium to assist governments in strategically compiling evidence to operate effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic.