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What’s in it for others? The relationship between prosocial motivation and commitment to change among youth care professionals

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  • Joris van der Voet
  • Bram Steijn
  • Ben S. Kuipers

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This study assesses the relationship between prosocial motivation and commitment to change among youth care professionals. We draw on person–environment fit theory to propose that this relationship is conditional on employees’ perceived meaningfulness of the change for society and clients. Our results confirm the expected positive relationship between prosocial motivation and commitment to change. Our analysis suggests that the moderating relationship between prosocial motivation, client meaningfulness and commitment to change should be understood as a substitutive relationship: both prosocial motivation and client meaningfulness are sufficient conditions, but the presence of both is not a necessary condition for commitment to change.

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  • Joris van der Voet & Bram Steijn & Ben S. Kuipers, 2017. "What’s in it for others? The relationship between prosocial motivation and commitment to change among youth care professionals," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(4), pages 443-462, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpxmxx:v:19:y:2017:i:4:p:443-462
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2016.1183699
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    1. Heather L. Stuckey & Mark Peyrot & Riana Conway & Edward W. Taylor, 2022. "A conceptual validation of transformative learning theory," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 103(6), pages 1459-1474, November.
    2. Adela Reig-Botella & Miguel Clemente & Sarah Detaille & Annet H. de Lange & Jaime López-Golpe, 2022. "Which Personal and Organizational Factors Influence the Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction of Shipyard Blue-Collar Workers?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(8), pages 1-14, April.

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