Public Service Motivation and Employment Sector
Attraction or Socialization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6294754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Mette Kjeldsen (0000-0003-0787-0351, Aarhus University), C B Jacobsen, Christian Jacobsen (0000-0002-7502-9831, Aarhus University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 899-926 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-1858 • E-ISSN: 1477-9803 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jopart/mus039 |
| OpenAlex | W2117872214 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 116 |
| References cited | 63 |
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 influenced by employment decisions remains open, since previous studies have mostly relied on cross-sectional samples with experienced employees. This article investigates the relationship between PSM and employment sector in pre-entry and post-entry settings using data from a panel of Danish physiotherapy students surveyed before and after their first job in the public or private sector. The analyses show that PSM is neither relevant for attraction to the public sector nor actual sector of employment. This indicates that within a group of professionals, PSM is probably more associated with the nature of the public service work than the sector itself. Conversely, PSM is found to be severely hampered after job entry, which is interpreted as a shock effect. This effect is also moderated by sector, that is, public organizational membership prevents PSM from declining as much as in the private sector. This suggests that if PSM is associated with sector employment, then it is primarily a consequence of the sector affiliation, but in a more complex way than previously assumed
Attraction · Business · Economics · Economy · Labour economics · Political science · Public relations · Public sector · Public service · Public Service Motivation · Service (business · Social science · Socialization · Sociology · Tertiary sector of the economy · Employment and Welfare Studies · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Public Policy and Administration Research · Marketing
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Does performance-related pay and public service motivation research treat state-owned enterprises like a neglected Cinderella? A systematic literature review and agenda for future research on performance effects
Transformational leadership, organizational support, and employee performance
Motivational signals in public sector job advertisements and how they relate to attracting and hiring candidates
Contact with citizens and job satisfaction
Agency autonomy, public service motivation, and organizational performance
Attraction and attrition under extreme conditions– integrating insights on PSM, SOC-R, SOC and excitement motivation
A view into managers’ subjective experiences of public service motivation and work engagement
Job-fit and high-performance versus high-empowerment HR
Fit or commitment? A meta-analytic investigation of the relationship and mediating mechanisms between public service motivation and turnover intention
Job sector or PSM? Examining the relative effects of sector and public service motivation on prosocial behaviour
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Organizational Socialization in Public Administration Research
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A systematic review of person‐environment fit in the public sector
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The Pathways That Make New Public Employees Committed
Does Work Quality Differ between the Public and Private Sectors? Evidence from Two Online Field Experiments
U.S. against the world
Personal values and value congruence of public administration graduate students
Testing an International Measure of Public Service Motivation
Clarifying the Relationship Between Public Service Motivation and In-Role and Extra-Role Behaviors
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Untangling the Association Between Goal Clarity and Public Service Motivation With the Moderating Role of Value Congruence
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The Effectiveness of Monetary and Promotion Rewards in the Public Sector and the Moderating Effect of PSM (PSM-Reward Fit or PSM Crowding Out)
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Are Competitive Public Service Exams Counter‐Productive? A Survey Experiment From Two East Asian States
How Do Strikes and Lockouts Affect Applications to Danish Public Service Professional Education Programs? A Synthetic Control Analysis
Marketization reforms and co‐production
Past, Present, and Future of Public Service Motivation Research
Looking at a Job's Social Impact Through Psm‐tinted Lenses
Who Is Accountable? How Citizens Attribute Success and Failure in Cross‐Sector Collaborations
Fostering Public Service Motivation Through Workplace Trust
Citizen perceptions of procedural fairness and the moderating roles of ‘belief in a just world’ and ‘public service motivation’ in public hiring
Public service motivation and continuous organizational change
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Organizational commitment across different institutional settings
Extrinsic motivation, PSM and labour market characteristics
Empathy, stress, and coproduction
The value of paired and longitudinal surveys in public administration research
Changes in public service motivation
What Motivates Citizens to Volunteer in Schools? Determinants in the Local Context
More Than Public Service
The coevolutionary dynamics between public school teachers’ public service motivation and the formation of their policy discussion ties during the implementation of basic education reforms in Myanmar
Does the Sector of Employment Matter? A Study of Employee Absenteeism in Public, Nonprofit, and For-Profit Organizations
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Managing my shame
Zone of Acceptance under Performance Measurement
Thick Red Tape and the Thin Blue Line
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The Science of Public Administration
Education and Public Service Motivation
Dynamics of Public Service Motivation
Does Deployment to War Affect Public Service Motivation? A Panel Study of Soldiers Before and After Their Service in Afghanistan
Activating the Forces of Public Service Motivation
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Public Service Motivation Concepts and Theory
It's about time! Temporal dynamics and longitudinal research designs in public administration
Mandarins versus Machiavellians? On Differences between Work Motivations of Administrative and Political Elites
Sector attraction and the role of job information
For Those Who Care
Absenteeism in the Public and the Private Sector
How Does Public Service Motivation Among Teachers Affect Student Performance in Schools
The Tacit Dimension of Public Sector Attraction in Multi-Incentive Settings
Citizens’ Evaluations of the Public Sector
Person-Environment Fit and Public Service Motivation
Person–Organization Fit, Job Choice Decisions, and Organizational Entry
Relational Job Design and the Motivation to Make a Prosocial Difference
Serving the People or Serving for Pay
Toward a public administration theory of public service motivation
Public service motivation and organizational citizenship behavior in Korea
Public Service Motivation
Motivation Crowding Theory
Development of a Public Service Motivation Measurement Scale
Socialization Tactics and Person‐organization Fit
Person‐organization Fit
The People Make the Place
The significance of task significance
Consequences of Individuals' Fit at Work
Public Service Motivation and Job Performance
Bureaucratic Red Tape and Formalization
Does Public Service Motivation Really Make a Difference on the Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions of Public Employees
Reward Preferences among Public and Private Managers
Public Sector Motivation as an Independent Variable Affecting Career Decisions
Public Service Motivation Measurement
Public Service Motivation and the Assumption of Person—Organization Fit
Gender Dimensions of Public Service Motivation
Attraction to Public Policy‐making
Government Calling
The mediating effect of job satisfaction and organizational commitment on self-reported performance
Investigating the Structure and Meaning of Public Service Motivation across Populations
Public-Service Motivation
Who Wants to Work for the Government
A Strategy for Building Public Service Motivation Research Internationally
Revisiting the Motivational Bases of Public Service
Government Managers, Business Executives, and Organizational Commitment
Comparing Public and Private Organizations
The Motivational Bases of Public Service
The Role of Organizations in Fostering Public Service Motivation
Unanswered Questions about Public Service Motivation
The Effects of Public Service Motivation on Job Choice Decisions
Measuring Public Service Motivation
Bringing Society In
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Why Elephants Gallop
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| Unique citing works | 116 |
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| Citations per year | 8,92 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 116 |