Public service motivation is individuals' orientation toward delivering services to people with
a purpose to do good for others and society. This type of motivation is especially relevant for …

Public service motivation (PSM) has a documented, positive effect on job satisfaction—
especially in the public sector. However, organizational characteristics such as red tape …

The literature on public service motivation (PSM) has typically focused on the relationship
between motivation and public/private sector of employment, while the character of the work …

While the field of public management has become increasingly international, research and
policy recommendations that work for one country often do not work for another. Why, for …

What makes public service jobs attractive to citizens? We address this question by studying
several attributes simultaneously, categorizing the signals sent by each attribute as …

This article aims to move beyond the public-private dichotomy in studying public service
motivation (PSM) by showing how organizational logics matter for the type of PSM …

While politicians are often seen as being motivated by narrow self‐interest, this article offers
an alternative view. The relationship between two pro‐social dimensions–Commitment to …

Collecting data through surveys are a vital method in public administration research, but an
overseen challenge for the validity of survey research is response bias, which is when …

An important discussion in the performance management literature is how performance
contingent incentives affect goal attainment. Incentivizing management tools are typically …

This article sets out to test the hypothesis that differences in fundamental job characteristics
(service vs. regulation) affect discretionary street-level decision-making. The hypothesis was …