An analysis of differences in work motivation between public and private sector organizations

By Marc Buelens, H. Broeck. 2007

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Subfields: Management Information Systems, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Public Administration

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Organizational Influences, Public Service Motivation and Work Outcomes: An Australian Study (2008, background): “A supportive working atmosphere (ie, one that is characterized as friendly, harmonious, and respectful) can contribute to employees' feelings of safety in their role (Buelens and Van den Broeck 2007 ; Kihlgren et al.”
The effects of perceived organizational support and job satisfaction on transfer of training (2015, background): “The level of work attitudes and work motivation of public sector employees also differs from those in the private sector (Buelens and Broeck, 2007; Boyne, 2002).”
Job Satisfaction in The Public Service (2011, background): “Compared to their private sector counterparts, government workers are reported to be motivated more by the intrinsic aspects of their work, such as an interesting job, and less by the extrinsic features, such as high pay (Rainey 1982 ; Buelens and van den Broeck 2007 ).”
Leadership and public service motivation: a systematic synthesis (2021, background): “…Bell e 2014; Caillier 2015; Krogsgaard et al. 2014; Park and Rainey 2008; Vandenabeele 2014) suggest that their efficacy in cultivating public service motivation align well with the unique characteristics of the public sector (Buelens and Van den Broeck 2007; Miller and Whitford 2007; Ospina 2017).”
The relationship between extrinsic motivation, job satisfaction and life satisfaction amongst employees in a public organisation (2014, background): “A comparative study of both public and private sector organisations conducted by Buelens and Broeck (2007) revealed that civil servants were less extrinsically motivated and satisfied with their work because their remuneration TABLE 3: Correlation analysis: Extrinsic motivation factors, job satisfac”
Leadership and Public Service Motivation in U.S. Federal Agencies (2008, background): “…public and private employees continue to indicate lower levels of extrinsic motivation among public employees, and higher levels of PSM (e.g., Buelens and Broeck 2007; Houston 2005); 3) meta-analyses and reviews of previous research suggest many considerations common to governmental and…”
Red Tape, Organizational Performance, and Employee Outcomes: Meta‐analysis, Meta‐regression, and Research Agenda (2020, positive): “Buelens and Van den Broeck (2007) further corroborated publicness by showing that employees in the public sector are less extrinsically motivated than those in the private sector.”
Motivating Employees of the Public Sector: Does Public Service Motivation Matter? (2010, background): “These empirical results are validated both in North America (Jurkiewicz, Massey, and Brown 1998 ; Lyons, Duxbury, and Higgins 2006 ; Rainey 1982 ; Crewson 1997 ) and Europe (Buelens and Van den Broeck 2007 ).”