Public Sector Motivationad fonts: Personality Traits as Antecedents of the Motivation to Serve the Public Interest
| Autor: | George Alexander Boyne, Marc Esteve, Arjen van Witteloostuijn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Agreeableness Public Administration Sociology and Political Science business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Public sector Conscientiousness 0506 political science Public interest Public service motivation 0502 economics and business 050602 political science & public administration Openness to experience Personality Sociology Big Five personality traits business Law Social psychology 050203 business & management media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of public administration research and theory |
| ISSN: | 1477-9803 1053-1858 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jopart/muw027 |
| Popis: | Public Service Motivation (PSM) is a topic that has generated considerable interest among Public Administration scholars. Research on PSM has mainly focused on either defining what PSM is and how this construct can be measured or on testing how PSM affects individual and organizational variables. However, very little is known about how the motivation to serve the public interest is influenced by personality. We evaluate the psychological antecedents of PSM by distinguishing two classes of motives behind PSM: affective versus nonaffective motives. Our analysis of data from responses to two independent questionnaires by 320 undergraduate students reveals that PSM is strongly influenced by core personality traits. Our results suggest that affective motives of PSM-Compassion (COM) and Self-Sacrifice (SS)-are positively influenced by the personality traits of Honesty-Humility, Emotionality, and Agreeableness, and negatively by Conscientiousness. In contrast, nonaffective PSM motives-Attraction to Policy-Making (APM) and Commitment to the Public Interest (CPI)-are positively associated with the Openness to Experience trait. |
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