IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/rpxmxx/v22y2020i7p974-998.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Public service motivation and prosocial motivation: two sides of the same coin?

Author

Listed:
  • Adrian Ritz
  • Carina Schott
  • Christian Nitzl
  • Kerstin Alfes

Abstract

This study raises the important question of how public service motivation and prosocial motivation are related to one another and how, together, these two concepts affect behavioural outcomes of public employees. Based on a sample of 747 public employees and using partial least squares structural equation model, we analyse the relationships between public service motivation, prosocial motivation, and different behavioural outcome variables in a single model simultaneously. Our study shows that public service motivation and prosocial motivation are not only theoretically, but also empirically distinct concepts. This has important implications for the use of these concepts, as will be discussed.

Suggested Citation

  • Adrian Ritz & Carina Schott & Christian Nitzl & Kerstin Alfes, 2020. "Public service motivation and prosocial motivation: two sides of the same coin?," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(7), pages 974-998, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpxmxx:v:22:y:2020:i:7:p:974-998
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2020.1740305
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/14719037.2020.1740305
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/14719037.2020.1740305?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Hongming Zhang & Qingya Zhang & Guoliang Huang & Jin Ke & Ni Zhao & Wanting Huang & Jun Zhang, 2022. "Analysis of Evaluation Dimensions of Public Service Motivation of Chinese College Students—Qualitative Study Based on Grounded Theory," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-20, November.
    2. Jaeyoung Lim & Kuk-Kyoung Moon, 2023. "Exploring the Effect of Emotional Labor on Turnover Intention and the Moderating Role of Perceived Organizational Support: Evidence from Korean Firefighters," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-18, March.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:rpxmxx:v:22:y:2020:i:7:p:974-998. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/rpxm .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.