Public Employees With High Levels of Public Service Motivation Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • More than a decade ago, Perry and Wise popularized the concept of public service motivation. Yet today, still little is known about public employees with high levels of public service motivation. This study sought to fill this gap in the literature by investigating the relationship that exists between public service motivation and the personal characteristics, management level, and monetary preferences of public employees. The findings reveal that public service motivation is significantly related to the gender, education level, management level, and monetary preferences of public employees. The implications of this study and areas of future research are discussed.

published proceedings

  • Review of Public Personnel Administration

author list (cited authors)

  • Bright, L

citation count

  • 135

complete list of authors

  • Bright, Leonard

publication date

  • June 2005