Authors
Nicolai Petrovsky, Adrian Ritz
Publication date
2014/5/13
Journal
Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship
Volume
2
Issue
1
Pages
57-79
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Description
Purpose
– A growing body of literature points to the importance of public service motivation (PSM) for the performance of public organizations. The purpose of this paper is to assess the method predominantly used for studying this linkage by comparing the findings it yields without and with a correction suggested by Brewer (2006), which removes the common-method bias arising from employee-specific response tendencies.
Design/methodology/approach
– First, the authors conduct a systematic review of published empirical research on the effects of PSM on performance and show that all studies found have been conducted at the individual level. Performance indicators in all but three studies were obtained by surveying the same employees who were also asked about their PSM. Second, the authors conduct an empirical analysis. Using survey data from 240 …
Total citations
Scholar articles
N Petrovsky, A Ritz - Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical …, 2014
N Petrovsky, A Ritz - International Conference on Public Service Motivation …, 2010
N Petrovsky, A Ritz - An Assessment of the Effect of Public Service …, 2010