scholarly journals Organizational commitment across different institutional settings: how perceived procedural constraints frustrate self-sacrifice

2020 ◽  
pp. 002085232094962
Author(s):  
Giorgio Giacomelli ◽  
Milena Vainieri ◽  
Rosita Garzi ◽  
Nereo Zamaro
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Institutional Settings

The positive impact of public service motivation on several individual work outcomes of public sector employees has been documented. Recent research into the ‘dark side’ of such an individual trait, however, has led some scholars to suggest that organizational conditions such as procedural constraints could affect one’s motivation, thus leading to the resignation of other-oriented employees. This study explores the relationships between one of the dimensions of public service motivation – namely, self-sacrifice – procedural constraints and organizational commitment by expanding the job demands–resources model of organizational commitment to different institutional settings. The study employs a mixed-methods approach that combines quantitative (structural equation modelling) and qualitative (focus groups and in-depth interviews) data from three industries in Italy (health, local public administration and non-profit organizations). Our findings show that self-sacrifice positively moderates the negative relationship between procedural constraints and organizational commitment. The findings also highlight some of the undesirable effects of self-sacrifice that organizations have to deal with. Points for practitioners Selflessly motivated employees tend to be more sensitive to burdensome procedures, and are hence likely to experience tougher effects of such conditions on their commitment. Given the evidence of the public sector being a highly bureaucratic working context, the sources and remedies for this issue deserve attention from both public administration scholars and practitioners. The findings of the study support the development of practices aimed at warding selflessly motivated employees from the risk of entering a loss cycle of psychological impairment.

Does the Public Service Motivation Model Hold in the Caribbean?

2021 ◽  
pp. 0734371X2199604
Author(s):  
Charlene M. L. Roach ◽  
Meghna Sabharwal ◽  
Romeo Abraham ◽  
Wayne Charles-Soverall
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
The Public ◽  
Positive Effects

Researchers in public administration for the past few decades are interested in exploring how public service motivation (PSM) influences turnover intentions. This study puts the theory of PSM to test in a different cultural context and explores the relationship between PSM and leadership on turnover intentions via person-organization fit (P-O fit) in public sector employees from Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados. Results of structural equation modeling indicate a significant negative relationship between senior leadership and turnover intentions, but a positive and significant relationship between PSM and turnover intentions. The positive effects of PSM on turnover are different from the Western models of motivation in the public sector. Results also show a partial mediation of PSM and turnover intentions via P-O fit. This research highlights the need for studying leadership, motivation, and turnover by utilizing a cultural and value lens to examine and understand employee behaviors in public organizations outside of North America.

scholarly journals Does Public Service Motivation Matter to Employees’ Performance and Organizational Commitment in Sub-district Offices?

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Arif Budy Pratama ◽  
Aidah Nurhidayah
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
District Offices

Many studies on Public Service Motivation (PSM) were conducted extensively in the developed countries, including US and Western Europe. In addition, some research on PSM has been conducted in Eastern Asia, all which affirm the positive role that plays in in shaping the public sector. That said, studies on PSM in developing countries, including Indonesia is still limited. This is despite the fact that previous research associate PSM with improving public sector performance. The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between public service motivation, organizational commitment, and individual performance in Magelang Municipality, which is one of the high performing local govern,ents in Indonesia. The data was drawn from 70 government employees in 3 Magelang Municipality sub-district Offices. Meanhwile, to to test the research hypothesises. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used. Resulst of the study validated the previous research findings that indicate positive influence of PSM on organizational commitment and individual performance. The result of this study has a practical implication for human resource development policy in Indonesian public sector. To that end, Public managers should take into account PSM in their managerial practices as it influences employee performance. 

scholarly journals Public service motivation and organizational performance: Catalyzing effects of altruism, perceived social impact and political support

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. e0260559
Author(s):  
Syed Sohaib Zubair ◽  
Mukaram Ali Khan ◽  
Aamna Tariq Mukaram
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Sampling Strategy ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Political Support

With the increasing pressures and demands from the public sector to be more efficient and effective and accountable, the idea of Public Service Motivation (PSM) and Organization Performance (OP) has become more relevant and critical. This quantitative research hypothesizes that PSM leads towards higher level of organizational performance among public sector officials and also explores the intervening effects of Altruism (ALT), Perceived Social Impact (PSI) and Political Support (PS) in this context. Based on self-administered questionnaire, data was collected from 405 public officials using random sampling strategy. Covariance Based Structural Equation Modelling was used to test the hypothesized model. Following the validation of the measurement model, structural model was developed to test the various paths predicted in the hypotheses. Analysis revealed that PSM, PS and ALT have a positive relationship with OP whereas PSM relationship with PS could not be established.

scholarly journals A Better Understanding of Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Affective Organizational Commitment

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S10) ◽  
pp. 293-296
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Affective Organizational Commitment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Proposed Model

The public sector in UAE is the focus of this paper. Applying the concept of job satisfaction to examine its effect on employees’ affective organizational commitment. The data was collected from 452 officers from 7 sectors in the ministry of interior in UAE and analysed using structural equation modelling via SmartPLS 3.0. The result showed that job satisfaction has a positive impact on affective organizational commitment. The proposed model explained 11.4% of the variance in employees’ affective organizational commitment.

scholarly journals The Impact of Reinvention Reforms and Public Service Motivation on Organizational Performance in Government Agencies

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 439-448
Author(s):  
Hsiang-Te Liu ◽  
Ren-Fang Chao ◽  
Tsung-Lin Wu ◽  
Li-Yi Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Impact

The pursuit of organisational performance has long been a focus of administrative innovation in government agencies. To understand the impact of reinvention reforms and public service motivation on organisational performance in the public sector, the present study conducted a survey with civil servants in Taiwan as the research subjects. A total of 953 valid questionnaires were collected and analysed using structural equation modelling. The results show that reinvention reforms have a significant positive impact on public service motivation, and that public service motivation has a significant positive effect on both internal organisational performance and external organisational performance. In addition, the present study also confirms that public service motivation plays a mediating role between reinvention reforms and internal organisational performance and external organisational performance.

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.

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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