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Citizen Trust in Civil Servants: A Cross-National Examination

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  • David J. Houston
  • Nurgul R. Aitalieva
  • Andrew L. Morelock
  • Chris A. Shults

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How trusting of civil servants are citizens in North America and Europe? What individual-level and national-level attributes correlate with trust in civil servants? To answer these questions, data from national samples across 21 countries are taken from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 2006 Role of Government module and are analyzed by estimating multilevel binary logistic regression models. Trust is correlated with both subjective (at the individual-level) and objective (at the national-level) indicators of performance. The quality of institutions also matters as countries with lower levels of public sector corruption experience higher levels of trust in the civil service.

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  • David J. Houston & Nurgul R. Aitalieva & Andrew L. Morelock & Chris A. Shults, 2016. "Citizen Trust in Civil Servants: A Cross-National Examination," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(14), pages 1203-1214, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:39:y:2016:i:14:p:1203-1214
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2016.1156696
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