Professionalism vs. Public Service Motivation: Can Public Administration Education Alleviate the Tension?

Changes in public service motivation: Can public administration education help cultivate it?

“…Accordingly, PA students in Taiwan commonly start to receive professional training from the very beginning of their college years. In contrast to Ponomariov and McCabe (2017), we may expect that PA education in Taiwanese colleges would have a more notable and positive influence on students' PSM level since professional training starts from a younger age and the professional education lasts longer, providing more time to deliver PSM-related values. Moreover, PSM is assumed to be a multidimensional construct (Perry, 1996; Kim et al, 2013).…”

“…In other words, the extent to which education related to public service can cultivate an individual's PSM is somewhat questionable. Ponomariov and McCabe (2017) investigated whether PA education matters for individuals' PSM development by surveying students who studied in the MPA program at the University of Texas at San Antonio between fall 2011 and spring 2014. Those who entered the program during that period were administered the entry survey before any exposure to the program studies, and the exit survey was administered to those who graduated from the program during the period.…”

“…Moreover, several studies compared the PSM levels of students who received training in particular fields across different lengths of time (e.g. Kjeldsen, 2012; Ponomariov and McCabe, 2017). However, it is possible that the PSM of the students with different levels of seniority varied before they entered the programs, and therefore that the difference in their PSM levels did not necessarily reflect the effect of their fields of study over time.…”

Public Service Motivation: The Teaching Performance of Biology Teachers

“…Due to the concept's emphasis on public values, PSM research initially neglected the effect of context on motivation (Andrews, 2015). the research suggests a no effect or weakly positive effect driven by marginally increased levels of commitment to the public interest (PSM subscale) (Ponomariov and Mccabe, 2017). Prosocial motivation is positively related to employee proactivity (Patil and Lebel, 2019).…”

“…However, the supposed relationship between PSM and performance itself has received little attention in research to date (Leisink and Steijn, 2009). Prior research has documented the pernicious effects of professional education on prosocial and public service motivations (Ponomariov and Mccabe, 2017). PSM research initially neglected the effect of context on motivation (Andrews, 2015).…”