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What Drives Personnel Out of Public Organizations?

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  • Claire Edey Gamassou

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In this article, including a state of the art on Public Service Motivation (PSM) and its relationships to Affective Organizational Commitment (AOC), the interface of PSM with Organizational Behavior constructs is analyzed. Longitudinal data has been collected in the context of French local authorities at two points in time within 1 year (N 1 = 1,152, N 2 = 81). AOC and Intention to Quit Employer (IQE) at T 2 are related to several antecedent variables at T 1 (Intrinsic Motivation, Perceived Superior Support, Latent Conflicts and Exhaustion) but not to PSM. The hypothesis of a causal relation between PSM and positive effects is not validated. The data does not support the idea that PSM influences commitment to, or turnover in, the organization. The influence of Age and civil service grade levels (Class) in IQE is confirmed. The analysis indicates that Exhaustion and Perceived Superior Support are strongly related to IQE, which should encourage scholars and HRM professionals to enable superiors to provide support to their employees. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

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  • Claire Edey Gamassou, 2015. "What Drives Personnel Out of Public Organizations?," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 383-398, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:porgrv:v:15:y:2015:i:3:p:383-398
    DOI: 10.1007/s11115-014-0277-8
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    1. Sébastien Castaing, 2006. "The Effects of Psychological Contract Fulfilment and Public Service Motivation on Organizational Commitment in the French Civil Service," Post-Print halshs-00078838, HAL.
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    2. Claire Edey Gamassou & Gregor Bouville & Tarik Chakor & Stéphan Pezé & Virginie Moisson, 2018. "Gestion des ressources humaines et santé au travail : science de l’action ou de la réaction ?
      [Gestión de recursos humanos y salud ocupacional: ¿ciencia de la acción o de la reacción?]      ," Post-Print hal-01794195, HAL.
    3. Alexander Bolton & John M. de Figueiredo & David E. Lewis, 2016. "Elections, Ideology, and Turnover in the U.S. Federal Government," NBER Working Papers 22932, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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