Effects of Public Service Motivation on Innovative Behavior of Local Public Officials: Mediating and Moderating Role of Job Autonomy and Organizational Culture Perception

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-330
Author(s):  
Yoon-Hee Jin
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Job Autonomy ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Moderating Role

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.

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 WHY SHOULD PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION IMPORTANT FOR VILLAGEDEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-384
Author(s):  
Oldy Arnoldy ◽  
Johannes ◽  
Edward ◽  
Shofia Amin
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
The Village

The development philosophy by Indonesia is change,  starts from the village to correct previous development practices. Hence,  public service motivation is essential to promote village development. So, the purpose of this study is to examine the direct and indirect effects of transformational leadership and organizational culture on public service motivation. The methodology accordingly includes a seven-item scale questionnaire survey consisting of 210 samples of village officials. We used the structural model, fit model, and mediation model to test the hypothesis and allow  SmartPLS. The result showed that public service motivation is directly influenced by transformational leadership and organizational culture. Indirectly, public service motivation is influenced by transformational leadership mediated by organizational culture. Hence transformational leadership is the essential thing that should be implemented by the village official where they needed to empower. In line with it, organizational culture has a mediation role in improving public service motivation. Hence, the local role of government is expected to empower the village's organizational environment to make the village more positional.

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