Public-Service Motivation: A Multivariate Test

By D. Houston. 2000

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

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Incentives and Workers' Motivation in the Public Sector (2004, neutral): “By substituting el = el and using (4) and (5), we find that the first term between brackets of first-order condition (16) is zero.”
Determinants of Whistleblowing Within Government Agencies (2015, background): “PSM is demonstrated as a meaningful predictor of performance, satisfaction, and low turnover intention (Bright, 2007; Houston, 2000; Moynihan & Pandey, 2007; Naff & Crum, 1999).”
Understanding Public and Nonprofit Managers' Motivation Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory (2013, background): “, 1998); their desire for pay and promotion is almost as strong as that of business sector workers (Crewson, 1997; Houston, 2000; Lyons, et al., 2006).”
Performance Management, High-Powered Incentives, and Environmental Policies in China (2015, background): “Intrinsic values, especially public service motivation, appear to play a key role in performance (Houston 2000; 2006).”
Public Service Motivation and Interpersonal Citizenship Behavior in Public Organizations: Testing a Preliminary Model (2008, neutral): “Brewer and Selden 1998; Houston 2000, 2006; Kim 2004; Perry”
Public service motivation and organizational citizenship behavior in Korea (2006, background): “It is generally believed that public employees are motivated by a sense of service not found among private employees (Houston, 2000; Perry and Wise, 1990).”
Does Person-Organization Fit Mediate the Relationship Between Public Service Motivation and the Job Performance of Public Employees? (2007, background): “It is traditionally believed that having an interest in serving the public leads some individuals into public service careers and away from monetary incentives (Crewson, 1997; Houston, 2000; Perry & Wise, 1990).”
Employees without a Cause: The Motivational Effects of Prosocial Impact in Public Service (2008, background): “Existing models of public service motivation have been limited by either a focus on individualistic goals and incentives (Perry 2000; Wright 2001; 2004) without sufficient consideration of the prosocial purpose of public service (Houston 2000), or an emphasis on enduring dispositions toward public s”
Does Public Service Motivation Mediate the Relationship between Goal Clarity and both Organizational Commitment and Extra-Role Behaviours? (2016, background): “With a lack of financial incentives in the public sector and the fact that public employees value meaningful service (Houston 2000; Rainey 1982; Witmer 1991), the focus of research in the public sector has increasingly been on non-financial factors.”
Revising Perry's Measurement Scale of Public Service Motivation (2009, methodology): “Public employees not only place a higher value on helping others, serving society and the public interest, and performing work that is worthwhile to society but also rank intrinsic rewards higher in importance than private sector employees (Crewson, 1997; Houston, 2000; Rainey, 1982; Wittmer, 1991).”
Towards Developing an Organisational Commitment - Public Service Motivation Model for the Maltese Public Service Employees (2006, methodology): “Regarding PSM, Houston (2000), using data from the US General Social Survey, found that meaningful work was the most valued job characteristic for both public and private sector employees.”