Public Service Motivation as a Predictor of Attraction to the Public Sector

Autor/inn/en	Carpenter, Jacqueline; Doverspike, Dennis; Miguel, Rosanna F.
Titel	Public Service Motivation as a Predictor of Attraction to the Public Sector
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80 (2012) 2, S.509-523 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2011.08.004
Schlagwörter	Public Service; Motivation; Public Sector; Nonprofit Organizations; Individual Differences; Predictor Variables; Personality Traits + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public services; Öffentlicher Sozialdienst; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Öffentlicher Sektor; Nonprofit-Organisation; Individueller Unterschied; Prädiktor; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	According to public service motivation theory, individuals with a strong public service orientation are attracted to government jobs. This proposition was investigated in three studies by measuring public sector motivation at a pre-entry level as an individual difference variable affecting perceptions of fit and organizational attraction. Results were consistent with a positive relationship between public sector motivation and attraction to both public sector and non-profit organizations. Despite substantial overlap between the constructs of public sector motivation and agreeableness, the present research indicated that public sector motivation has utility in predicting employment interests beyond the general personality factor of agreeableness. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10