This study explores the perceptions of bribery among senior public servants within Papua New Guinea’s (PNG’s) government departments. Using structuration theory, consideration is given to individual, cultural and organisational factors influencing bribery, based on interviews with 11 senior public servants from three government departments. Findings reveal that most public servants acknowledged bribery exists in PNG’s public sector. Perceptions of and perceived reasons for bribery typically reflected prioritisation of personal agency influenced by traditional and organisational (public sector) cultural norms, rather than responsibilities and accountabilities as agents operating within formal public sector structures.

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巴布亚新几内亚公共部门对贿赂的看法：机构和结构影响

本研究探讨了巴布亚新几内亚 (PNG) 政府部门高级公务员对贿赂的看法。运用结构化理论，基于对来自三个政府部门的 11 名高级公务员的访谈，考虑了影响贿赂的个人、文化和组织因素。调查结果显示，大多数公务员承认巴布亚新几内亚公共部门存在贿赂行为。对贿赂的感知和感知原因通常反映了受传统和组织（公共部门）文化规范影响的个人代理的优先级，而不是作为在正式公共部门结构内运作的代理人的责任和义务。