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Responding to COVID‐19 through Surveys of Public Servants
Author(s) -
Schuster Christian,
Weitzman Lauren,
Sass Mikkelsen Kim,
MeyerSahling Jan,
Bersch Katherine,
Fukuyama Francis,
Paskov Patricia,
Rogger Daniel,
Mistree Dinsha,
Kay Kerenssa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/puar.13246
Subject(s) - public sector , pandemic , covid-19 , face (sociological concept) , public relations , business , civil servants , political science , public administration , sociology , medicine , virology , politics , social science , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
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 .