Policy diffusion and public service motivation

An exploratory study of the Bookstart programme in Taiwan

Bibliographic Data

ID12910857
AuthorsKeng‐Ming Hsu (National University of Tainan, corresponding author), Milan Tung‐wen Sun (0000-0002-3767-192X, National Chi Nan University)
Year2014
Volume7
Issue2
Pages179-190
Publication date2014-04-30
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Asian Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-6242 • E-ISSN: 1751-6234
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17516234.2014.894901
OpenAlexW2000918014
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited34

Studies on the adoption of innovation in public organizations usually focus on the influences of external and internal organizational factors and place less emphasis on the effects of individual civil servants. In the diffusion of the Bookstart programme in Taiwan, the attitudes of the directors of public libraries and their information sources are critical. This study applies the concept of public service motivation (PSM) and different kinds of diffusion sources to examine the decisions made by the directors of public libraries regarding the adoption of the Bookstart programme. Individual-level data on the head librarians of all of the township libraries in Taichung City were collected through survey questionnaires. The findings reveal some associations between PSM and innovation diffusion that indicate that the personal characteristics of civil servants affect the process of diffusion. The findings of this pilot project provide some helpful observations for future studies

Affect (linguistics · Business · Civil servants · Civil service · Exploratory research · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Public sector · Public service · Public Service Motivation · Service (business · Social science · Sociology · E-Government and Public Services · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Policy and Administration Research · Marketing

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