EMPLOYEE FRAUD IN PUBLIC SECTORS OF PAKISTAN-A REVIEW OF GHOST WORKERS

Abstract

The aim of this research is to identify the importance of the issue that why ghost workers continue to exist despite efforts to remove them and provide effective solutions to eliminate them. Its precise aim is to examine academic viewpoints on motivators of employee fraud, with a focus on the rising occurrence of ghost workers/employees in the public sectors of Pakistan. The design used for this research is qualitative and the study was conducted with direct interviews, documentation and observation of 34 participants with a discussion session of 10-15 minutes with each respondent. For survey, unstructured questionnaires were filled from the respondents for thematic and documentation. The keywords of each statement were highlighted and sub categorized to code the number of similar opinions. From data analysis, this research concludes that employees in public sectors of Pakistan do not appreciate honesty if their efforts and performance are not valued. Most of the employees are found as ghost workers due to lack of government’s check and balance on employee activity which results into employee fraud and employee gets carefree about his job, the main reason behind ghost workers is  the underlying corruption of internal staff. If the employers don’t give salaries timely and rewards for exceptional performance then employees find other option under the table to manage their financial crisis.