%0 Journal Article
%T Perception of Civil Servants on the Knowledge of Integrity and Corruction Level in Three State Agencies in Terengganu, Malaysia
%A Iskandar Hasan Tan Abdullah
%A Asri Salleh
%A Rusnah Ismail
%A Nazlin Emieza Ngah
%J Canadian Social Science
%D 2010
%I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture
%X Malaysia in its effort to become a fully developed nation by 2020 has undertaken a monumental task in instilling noble values into its society including its civil sector. The objective of this research was to examine the level of awareness, knowledge and understanding of integrity among selected civil servants of three State agencies in Terenganu, Malaysia, which basically served as the scope of the research. The respondents were selected based on a purposive sampling technique. The research used a quantitative approach where self-administered structured questions were distributed. Descriptive and inference analysis were carried out to meet the research objectives outlined. The research findings indicated that there were civil servants groups who were unclear and uncertain about the meaning of integrity in public sector. Those with shorter length of services were found to be less knowledgeable on the respective rule and procedure which led to them being unsure about integrity. The civil servants also believed that corruption level in Malaysia was still high. The research contended that length of service was inversely related to the perception on the knowledge of integrity, corruption and quality of service delivery. Keywords: Integrity; Civil Servants; Perception; Corruption; Public Sector; Public Service R¨¦sum¨¦: Dans l'effort de devenir une nation pleinement d¨¦velopp¨¦e d'ici ¨¤ 2020, la Malaisie a entrepris une tache monumentale pour inculquer des valeurs nobles dans la soci¨¦t¨¦, y compris dans le secteur civil. L'objectif de cette recherche ¨¦tait d'examiner le niveau de sensibilisation, de connaissances et de compr¨¦hension de l'int¨¦grit¨¦ des fonctionnaires s¨¦lectionn¨¦s des trois organismes d'¨¦tat ¨¤ Terenganu en Malaisie, qui a essentiellement servi ¨¤ la port¨¦e de la recherche. Les r¨¦pondants ont ¨¦t¨¦ s¨¦lectionn¨¦s sur la base d'une technique d'¨¦chantillonnage raisonn¨¦e. La recherche a utilis¨¦ une approche quantitative o¨´ des questions auto-administr¨¦es et structur¨¦es ont ¨¦t¨¦ distribu¨¦es. Des analyses descriptives et inf¨¦r¨¦es ont ¨¦t¨¦ r¨¦alis¨¦es pour r¨¦pondre aux objectifs ¨¦nonc¨¦s de recherche. Les r¨¦sultats de la recherche a indiqu¨¦ qu'il y avait des groupes de fonctionnaires civils qui n'¨¦taient pas claires sur le sens de l'int¨¦grit¨¦ dans le secteur public. Ceux avec une plus courte dur¨¦e de services ont ¨¦t¨¦ trouv¨¦s d'¨ºtre moins bien inform¨¦s sur la r¨¨gle respective et la proc¨¦dure, ce qui les a donn¨¦ un doute sur l'int¨¦grit¨¦. Les fonctionnaires ont ¨¦galement estim¨¦ que le niveau de corruption en Malaisie ¨¦tait toujours ¨¦lev¨¦. La recherche a fait valoir qu
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