- Title
- Testing an international measure of public service motivation : Is there really a bright or dark side?
- Creator
- Rayner, Julie; Reimers, Vaughan; Chao, Chih‐Wei (Fred)
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/163343
- Identifier
- vital:12844
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12247
- Identifier
- ISBN:0313-6647
- Abstract
- 'Public service motivation’ (PSM) is usually reported as a bright force although recent debatealludes to a dark side. Variables representing each side are, respectively, job satisfaction andburnout. This study tests for both the bright and potential dark direct effects of PSM andresponds to calls to further validate the international PSM instrument developed by Kimet al. (2013). Using a sample of 455 local council workers in Australia, analysis confirmedthat while the measure was robust and generalizable in its structure, none of the dimensionsof PSM were found to influence either job satisfaction or burnout. Plausible explanationsinclude contextual factors, nomological concerns with the measurement instrument, and thenotion that PSM has a non-significant influence on either. The implications of these findingsare discussed and future research proposed.
- Relation
- Australian Journal of Public Administration Vol. 77, no. 1 (2017), p. 87-101
- Rights
- © 2017 Institute of Public Administration Australia
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 16 Studies In Human Society; 14 Economics; 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services; Burnout; Job satisfaction; Public sector management; Public service motivation; Validity
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