Exploring the Impact of Public Service Delivery, Public Financial Management and Digitalization on Corruption in Ghana: A Mediated-Moderation Analysis

This study investigates the effect of public service delivery, public finance management, and digitization on corruption in Ghana. The study relied on a sample of 325 public sector workers across different public sector institutions, selected using a convenient sampling method. The study used Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) to analyze the data. The empirical findings from the study show that: First, public service delivery, public financial management, and digitalization significantly help decrease corruption. The relationship between public service delivery and corruption is not significantly moderated by public financial management. However, digitalization was found to mediate the relationship significantly. The study also presents practical and policy implications.