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Les salariés du secteur associatif sont-ils davantage intrinsèquement motivés que ceux du secteur privé ?

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[fre] Le secteur associatif, qui se distingue du secteur privé par ses objectifs plus sociaux et par une manière d’entreprendre différente, est susceptible de séduire des travailleurs guidés par des motivations non pécuniaires dans le choix de leur activité professionnelle. Les associations seraient donc susceptibles d’attirer des salariés davantage intrinsèquement motivés que ne le font les entreprises privées. L’analyse empirique menée dans cet article utilise des données issues de plusieurs enquêtes Emploi. Elle montre que les salariés du secteur associatif, à la différence de leurs homologues du secteur privé, ont volontairement accepté des salaires en moyenne plus faibles que ceux qu’ils auraient pu percevoir au sein des entreprises privées. Elle semble donc confirmer une motivation intrinsèque plus forte chez les salariés des associations. [eng] The nonprofit sector differs from the for-profit sector both in its more socially-oriented goals and in its different entrepreneurship methods. It may therefore appeal to workers whose job choices are guided by non-monetary considerations. Nonprofit organizations may thus attract more intrinsically motivated workers than for-profit firms. Our empirical analysis uses the French Labor-Force Survey. The results show that nonprofit workers – unlike for-profit workers – deliberately agree to work for lower wages than they could have obtained in the for-profit sector. These results therefore suggest that nonprofit workers report higher levels of intrinsic motivation than their for-profit counterparts.

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  • Mathieu Narcy, 2009. "Les salariés du secteur associatif sont-ils davantage intrinsèquement motivés que ceux du secteur privé ?," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, vol. 188(2), pages 81-99.
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    DOI: 10.3406/ecop.2009.7901
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