TY - JOUR
T1 - Fostering Trust, Transparency, Satisfaction and Participation Amidst COVID-19 corruption: Does the Civil Society Matter? – Evidence from Ghana
AU - Arkorful, Vincent Ekow
AU - Abdul-Rahaman, Nurudeen
AU - Ibrahim, Hidaya Sungjun
AU - Arkorful, Vincent Ansah
N1 - Publisher copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has erupted corruption challenges across polities including Ghana. This situation has spurred anecdotal narratives underscoring a decline in citizens’ trust, transparency perceptions, satisfaction and participation in pandemic activism, and thus catapulted civil society discourses into prominence. Therefore, we investigate civil society imperativeness to trust, transparency, satisfaction and participation, whilst mitigating corruption. Results (n = 375) of structural equation modeling revealed the negative impact of corruption on trust, satisfaction and transparency. Whereas, trust and transparency were revealed to be significant to satisfaction and participation, the civil society’s efficacy was confirmed. Based on these, research and policy implications are proffered.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has erupted corruption challenges across polities including Ghana. This situation has spurred anecdotal narratives underscoring a decline in citizens’ trust, transparency perceptions, satisfaction and participation in pandemic activism, and thus catapulted civil society discourses into prominence. Therefore, we investigate civil society imperativeness to trust, transparency, satisfaction and participation, whilst mitigating corruption. Results (n = 375) of structural equation modeling revealed the negative impact of corruption on trust, satisfaction and transparency. Whereas, trust and transparency were revealed to be significant to satisfaction and participation, the civil society’s efficacy was confirmed. Based on these, research and policy implications are proffered.
KW - Corruption
KW - COVID-19
KW - Citizens and government
KW - Civil society participation
KW - Ghana
U2 - 10.1007/s11115-021-00590-w
DO - 10.1007/s11115-021-00590-w
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1566-7170
VL - 22
SP - 1191
EP - 1215
JO - Public Organization Review
JF - Public Organization Review
IS - 4
ER -
