...Vincent Obedgiu; Vincent Bagire; Samuel Mafabi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) among local government civil servants. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts a cross...

...Enamul Choudhury Purpose This study seeks to understand the relation between public volunteerism and the role of local government agencies to attract and manage volunteers. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on purposive sampling, comprising 37 cities within a 50‐mile radius around...

...Farhan Analoui; Kwabena Barima Antwi Purpose This paper draws on a recent case study in Ghana that explored the human resource development (HRD) challenges facing local government in a reforming public sector. It aims to investigate how public sector reform (PSR) has affected worker motivation...

...K.B. Antwi; F. Analoui Purpose This paper seeks to explore and understand the public sector reform (PSR) as it affects local governments in Ghana within the context of challenges facing human resource capacity building and development policies. Design/methodology/approach Adopting...

... as storytellers, Homo Narrans, will provide of themselves, others and institutions an interpretation which is historically and culturally grounded. Since we wished to explore the causes of and effects of the glass ceiling for women managers, looking specifically within the culture of local government...

... managers, to sustain democracy and ensure a holistic and integrated response to need and quality development. Some recent research on decentralized managers reveals the kind of integrative, boundary‐crossing skills which will be relevant, indeed essential, in future quality developments. Local government...

... with something new. This could be innovation, changes or improvements to existing services or reorganizing of delivery systems for services. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Decentralization Local government Public sector Quality Service United Kingdom This article draws on project work...

... Local government Management development Public sector In this article we look at selected human resource management policies and practices in local government. We analyse trends in the compensation area as the increasing use of variable pay, merit/performance‐related pay, are very typical...