Evolving Motivation in Public Service: A<scp>Three‐Phase</scp>Longitudinal Examination of Public Service Motivation, Work Values, and Academic Studies Among Israeli Students

Miller‐Mor‐Attias, Rotem; Vigoda‐Gadot, Eran

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“…The significance of this paper is to expand the scope of research on PSM theory and the applicability of the measurement dimensions. Many countries have explored the localization and group-specific applicability of PSM [ 44 , 45 , 46 , 48 ], and the specificity of research objects is the direction of future research on PSM. As an important force for social development, college students have their characteristics and are a large number of people who cannot be ignored.…”

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“…Lundy et al (2018) [ 22 ] found that interprofessional educational experiences strengthen college students’ public service motivations, particularly in terms of public interest commitment and compassion. Miller et al (2022) [ 45 ] longitudinally studied the evolution of PSM in a cohort of Israeli students who gradually entered the job market and found that individuals with strong collectivism and an academic background in the core public service had higher PSM over time. Ngaruiya et al (2014) [ 46 ] found that ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) participants had higher PSM based on the Kim Revised Scale.…”

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Analysis of Evaluation Dimensions of Public Service Motivation of Chinese College Students—Qualitative Study Based on Grounded Theory

Zhang

Huang

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Public service motivation (PSM) represents an individual’s predisposition to respond to motives grounded primarily or uniquely in public institutions, and it is an individual characteristic that reflects the attributes of the public sector. The concept was first introduced by James Perry, who identified four-dimensions to measure PSM, namely, attraction to policy making, commitment to the public interest, compassion, and self-sacrifice. Public service motivation changes over time, and differences in culture and systems in different countries can lead to differences in the measurement dimensions of PSM. The dimensions of PSM measurement in Asian countries are different from those in Western countries, and whether the regional applicability and population applicability of PSM can be expanded is a question worth investigating. From a new perspective, this study takes Chinese college students as the research object, using one-on-one interviews based on grounded theory. Besides the four dimensions mentioned above, it was found that the two additional dimensions of a collectivist tendency and self-improvement were added, and the specific connotations of each dimension were changed somewhat. A collectivist tendency accords with the culture of East Asian countries, and self-improvement is our unique finding among college students. This proves that the motivation for public service can rise not only from altruism but also as a result of individuals seeking self-development and value realization.

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Analysis of Evaluation Dimensions of Public Service Motivation of Chinese College Students—Qualitative Study Based on Grounded Theory

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Huang

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“…To date, with few exceptions (e.g. Miller-Mor-Attias & Vigoda-Gadot, 2021; Andrews, 2021) PSM has been studied in a static fashion; motivations are captured in a snapshot or a particular moment. Insufficient attention is paid to changes in motivations over the course of individuals’ lives, and the interplay with the life-course dynamics of identities, roles, inequalities, and experiences.…”

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Staying Motivated: The Study Protocol for a Life-Course Analysis of the Career Paths of Canadian Public Servants

Wranik

McGowan

DeRiviere

et al. 2023

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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All Canadians benefit from a high quality of public service delivery, which is directly related to the motivation of public servants. A top priority for governments is to attract and retain a public sector workforce that is motivated and enthusiastic to serve the public good. The Public Service Motivation (PSM) theory offers a framework for the analysis of motivations of public servants. Knowledge is lacking on how motivations of public servants change over time and are shaped by the life-course dynamics of identities, roles, inequalities, and experiences. Our goal is to chronicle the motivations of individuals over a life course, specifically from the onset of their career in the public service to their current career stage. We will contribute to PSM theory by combining it with the Life Course Theory (LCT). This will allow for the analysis of change in PSM over time and in relation to other life events. We aim to further our understanding of determinants of motivation of public servants by unveiling the dynamic, gendered, and diverse nature of PSM, and its interconnections with professional and personal lives. Our approach is qualitative. We will interview 100 alumni of graduate public administration programs in four Canadian institutions with reference to their graduate program admissions letter as a point of departure. During reflexive interviews, participants will co-analyse their admissions letters, where our role will be to guide them along the PSM framework. We will hear from study participants how their motivations changed since those expressed in their admissions letter, to what extent motivations over time were influenced by the events in their professional and personal lives, their identities, and roles in the workplace and in society, and their personal characteristics. Interview transcripts will be analysed using reflexive thematic analysis and interpreted jointly with the study participants.

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“…This observation is particularly disconcerting since many fundamental public administration research questions relate to individual‐ or organization‐level temporal dynamics, or involve causality as an issue of temporal ordering. One can think, for example, about the impact of public sector reforms on organizational outputs and performance (Christensen & Lægreid, 2007; Levine, 1978, 1979; Wynen et al, 2019), the development of public service motivation or organizational citizenship behavior (Chen et al, 2023; Kim, 2021; Miller‐Mor‐Attias & Vigoda‐Gadot, 2022), the socialization of public sector employees (Moyson et al, 2018; Murdoch et al, 2019), the life cycle of public organizations (MacCarthaigh et al, 2012), or the short‐ and long‐term impact of representative bureaucracies on public policies (Ding et al, 2021; Gershenson et al, 2022). The persistent failure in much public administration research to take time and temporal dynamics seriously thus constitutes a major hindrance to the development of the profession.…”

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It's about time! Temporal dynamics and longitudinal research designs in public administration

Murdoch,

MacCarthaigh,

Geys

2023

Public Administration Review

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Many of the fundamental research questions in public administration relate to individual‐ or organization‐level temporal dynamics, including the impact of public sector reforms, (in)stability of public policies and organizations, development of public service motivation, or the workplace socialization of public employees. However, theoretical, methodological, and empirical public administration scholarship continues to take time and temporal dynamics insufficiently seriously. This constitutes a major shortcoming within the profession and implies that we are yet to unlock the transformative potential of longitudinal research. Building on the recent development of novel research infrastructures that can support the study of temporal dynamics of—and within—public organizations, this Symposium pushes for a “longitudinal turn” in the study of public administration. We maintain that more concerted efforts to apply a temporal lens to our research endeavors are critical to theorize, empirically assess, and understand public administrations as well as the bureaucrats employed within them.

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Evolving Motivation in Public Service: AThree‐PhaseLongitudinal Examination of Public Service Motivation, Work Values, and Academic Studies Among Israeli Students

Cited by 10 publications

References 110 publications

Analysis of Evaluation Dimensions of Public Service Motivation of Chinese College Students—Qualitative Study Based on Grounded Theory

Analysis of Evaluation Dimensions of Public Service Motivation of Chinese College Students—Qualitative Study Based on Grounded Theory

Staying Motivated: The Study Protocol for a Life-Course Analysis of the Career Paths of Canadian Public Servants

It's about time! Temporal dynamics and longitudinal research designs in public administration

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