Disentangling the Role of Contract Types and Sector Disparities for Public Service Motivation

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The intention of "doing good for society" is regarded to be a crucial motivator for employees in the public sector in order for them to perform well. Recent research in the public sector literature calls for a deeper understanding of how this specific public service motivation (PSM) is shaped. In our paper, we analyze how different degrees of inclusion in the public sector impact PSM. We also investigate how prospects of employment relations (fixed-term versus permanent contracts), temporal differences (part-time versus full-time employment), and actual jobs (core versus subsidiary jobs) moderate PSM in public service. Our findings show that aspects of PSM are affected by these employment characteristics in various ways, suggesting that the factors influencing PSM are multifaceted and that actual employment conditions have to be taken into consideration when assessing PSM.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9385

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Personnel Economics: Labor Contracting Devices ; Public Sector Labor Markets ; Public Administration; Public Sector Accounting and Audits
• Subject: job characteristics ; motivation ; PSM ; public sector ; part-time ; temporary employment

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Grund, Christian ; Thommes, Kirsten
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/124906
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