Public service motivation concepts and theory: A critique

B Bozeman, X Su - Public Administration Review, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
With its growth in popularity, public service motivation (PSM) research has been subjected to
increasing critical scrutiny, but with more focus on measurement and models than on …

Public service motivation and employment sector: Attraction or socialization?

AM Kjeldsen, CB Jacobsen - Journal of Public Administration …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Numerous studies have shown that public service motivation (PSM) is positively associated
with public sector employment. However, the question of whether PSM influences or is …

Activating the forces of public service motivation: Evidence from a low‐intensity randomized survey experiment

MJ Pedersen - Public Administration Review, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Employees with higher public service motivation (PSM) are likely to perform better in public
service jobs. However, research on how practitioners may capitalize on this knowledge is …

Does public service motivation influence the college students' intention to work in the public sector? Evidence from Korea

G Lee, DL Choi - Review of Public Personnel Administration, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous studies have produced significant distinctions between public-and private-sector
employees with respect to public service motivation (PSM) and PSM-related variables. Little …

Education and public service motivation: A longitudinal study of high school graduates

S Kim - Public Administration Review, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Prior studies examined an individual's level of education as one of the antecedents of public
service motivation (PSM). Despite having the same level of education, why are the levels of …

Is public service motivation a better explanation of nonprofit career preferences than government career preferences?

L Bright - Public Personnel Management, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Public service motivation (PSM) is a multifaceted theory that explains, among other things,
the career preferences of individuals. Some have suggested that PSM is not inherently …

Untangling the association between goal clarity and public service motivation with the moderating role of value congruence

GJ Kim, N Ki, T Yoon - The American Review of Public …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Drawing on the socialization aspect of public service motivation (PSM) and the
internalization process of organizational values, this study empirically tests the argument …

Public service motivation and attraction to public versus private sector employment: Academic field of study as moderator?

MJ Pedersen - International Public Management Journal, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Despite extensive public service motivation (PSM) research, our knowledge of PSM's
influence on individuals' sector employment preferences is limited. Few studies examine this …

Evolving Motivation in Public Service: A Three‐Phase Longitudinal Examination of Public Service Motivation, Work Values, and Academic Studies among Israeli …

R Miller‐Mor‐Attias… - Public Administration …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
What are the impact of work values and academic training on public service motivation
(PSM) over time? We present findings from a three‐phase longitudinal study on the …

Work values, job characteristics, and career choice decisions: Evidence from longitudinal data

Y Choi - The American Review of Public Administration, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Although a large volume of literature has documented the role of public service motivation
(PSM) as altruistic work values, few studies directly examine PSM's impact on job choice …