Does the Love of Money Moderate the Relationship between Public Service Motivation and Job Satisfaction? The Case of Chinese Professionals in the Public Sector

2011 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 718-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bang-Cheng Liu ◽  
Thomas Li-Ping Tang
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Love Of Money ◽  
The Love Of Money ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Evaluation of Public Service Motivation: A Case Study of Hefei Public Sector Organizations

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 186
Author(s):  
Sadiq Sadiq
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
High Tech ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goal Clarity ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This paper highlights the effects of ‘Public Service Motivation’ (PSM) in public sector organizations. This research explores the relationship between employees’ motivation (intrinsic expectation & extrinsic expectation), goal clarity and employees’ participation with ‘Public Service Motivation’ (PSM). A questionnaire was used in this research to conduct a survey. About 70% response rate was generated out of 300 employees located in different public sector organizations of Hefei city of Anhui province in P.R.China, including health, education and High-Tech firms. The Scope of this study is delimited to the public sector organizations of Hefei City China. The result shows that there is a strong positively significant relationship of employees’ motivation, participation, and goal clarity with ‘Public Service Motivation’ (PSM), which can be further strengthened by innovative organizational culture. 

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF JOB AUTONOMY AND COMMUNICATION PRACTICES ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-23
Author(s):  
Abubakar Tabiu
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Job Autonomy ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Communication Practices ◽  
The Relationship

Improving individual employee and organizational performance has been the main concern of many organizations for decades and several factors have also been studied as predictors of employee performance. However, the bulk of studies are mainly conducted in the private sector organizations with few attentions accorded to the public sector organizations, even though at present the difference between the two sectors is not much especially with introduction of privatization and New Public Management in the public sector. Drawing upon Social Exchange Theory and the application of Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS SEM), this study examined the mediating role of public service motivation on the relationship between job autonomy, communication practices and employee task and contextual performance. The participants were 288 senior staff of local governments in north-western part of Nigeria. The findings suggested that both job autonomy and communication practices predicted employee task and contextual performance. It was also found that public service motivation is an important mechanism (mediator) in the relationship.

scholarly journals Public Service Motivation or Sector Rewards? Two Studies on the Determinants of Sector Attraction

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Asseburg ◽  
Fabian Homberg
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
Employer Of Choice ◽  
The Relationship

Public sector organizations are competing with the private sector for highly qualified staff. But the public sector lost attraction as an employer of choice. Public service motivation (PSM) and different sector rewards have been identified as alternative drivers of sector attraction. However, it is still unclear to what extent PSM is associated with sector attraction, especially when controlling for a comprehensive set of sector rewards. We investigate this sector attraction puzzle through a meta-analysis (Study 1) focusing on the relation between PSM and sector attraction and primary data collected from 600 German final-year students (Study 2). The two studies aggregate the literature on PSM and sector attraction and produce unique empirical evidence. Thus, we extend the knowledge on the relationship between PSM and sector attraction across different settings and in Germany, which enables us to derive implications for public sector recruiters.

scholarly journals Employee Evaluations in the Public Sector: Public Service Motivation, Task, and Citizenship Behaviors

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-56
Author(s):  
Christensen Robert K. ◽  
Whiting Steven W.
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Performance Appraisals ◽  
Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
The Public ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

This paper reports the results of a study conducted in fall 2007 among MBA and MPA students. Using electronic surveys and manipulated vignettes, the study explored how public service motivation moderates the relationship between organizational citizenship behaviors, task behaviors, and performance appraisals.

Public service motivation and job satisfaction, organizational citizenship behavior

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 330-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaogang Cun
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the cause‐effect chain between public services motivation (PSM) and consequences variables, which include organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) and job satisfaction (JS) of employees in the public sector of Guangzhou. Another purpose of the paper is to discuss the structure of behavior under the Chinese public sector's traditional culture, from the perspective of integration of three different mechanisms of behavior (ration, norm and affective).Design/methodology/approachThe paper modified the PSM questionnaire, based on Perry's PSM scale, according to Chinese cultural customs. The data of public service motivation, job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior were collected by randomly sampling from the employees in the public sector of Guangzhou. Results were obtained through structural equation modelling for the examination of multiple relationships between PSM and its dimensions, and the consequences; and ANOVA for testing the difference between groups.FindingsIt was found that there are significant differences between groups in the PSM level and correlations exist between PSM, and JS, OCB.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the literature regarding PSM by examining the relationship between the dimensions of PSM and the consequence variables of OCB and JS against a Chinese cultural background. The paper presents the findings as a model to show the dynamics in these relationships. The integration of three different mechanisms of behavior is novel in the field of human resource management (HRM). The paper not only contributes to the further development of the field, but also implies healthier and more sustainable practices in public HRM.

Does Perceptions of Organizational Prestige Mediate the Relationship Between Public Service Motivation, Job Satisfaction, and the Turnover Intentions of Federal Employees?

2020 ◽  
pp. 009102602095281
Author(s):  
Leonard Bright
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
Federal Employees ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transportation Security Administration ◽  
Negative Images ◽  
The Relationship

Public opinion polls consistently suggest that government employment is not considered to be highly prestigious by most Americans. These negative images are likely to stifle the public sector’s recruitment and retention efforts. Scholars have suggested that individuals with high levels of public service motivation (PSM) are better equipped to work in these environments, yet no studies can be found that have directly explored the relationships between PSM and the perceptions that public employees hold regarding the images that citizens hold of their organizations. This article sought to fill this gap in the literature by exploring the extent to which perceptions of organizational prestige (POP) mediate the relationship between PSM and the job satisfaction and turnover intentions of public employees. Using a sample of federal employees working for the Transportation Security Administration in Oregon, this study found that POP fully mediated the relationship between PSM and turnover intentions and partially mediated the relationship between PSM and job satisfaction. The implications of these findings are discussed.

The dimensional linkage between public service motivation and innovative behavior in public sector institutions; the mediating role of psychological empowerment

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Asim Rafique ◽  
Yumei Hou ◽  
Muhammad Adnan Zahid Chudhery ◽  
Nida Gull ◽  
Syed Jameel Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeInnovations are imperative for organizational growth and sustainability. This study focuses on the employees' innovative behavior, a source of organizational innovations, which has received substantial attention from the researchers. Based on the psychological empowerment theory, the study exposes the effect of the various dimensions of public service motivation (PSM) on employees' innovative behavior (IB) in public sector institutions especially in the context of developing countries such as Pakistan. Moreover, the study also investigates the mediating role of psychological empowerment (PSE) between the dimensions of PSM and IB.Design/methodology/approachThis study used the cross-sectional research design. By using random sampling, the adapted survey questionnaires were used to collect data from 346 faculty members of public sector universities located in provincial capitals of Pakistan. A partial least square–structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) tool was used to assess the proposed hypotheses through SMART-PLS software.FindingsResults revealed that attraction to policymaking (APM), compassion (COM), self-sacrifice (SS) have a significant impact on employees' PSE and their innovative behavior, while the relationship of commitment to the public interest (CPI) with PSE and IB was found insignificant. Moreover, PSE partially mediated the relationship between PSM dimensions and employees' IB.Originality/valueThere was a scarcity of research on IB especially in public sector institutions such as academia. This study theoretically contributed to the literature by providing a refined picture in assessing the proposed relationship of the constructs. This is also one of the original studies that examine the relationship between the dimensions of PSM and IB.

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