Public service motivation and political action in college undergraduates

JK Taylor, RM Clerkin - Politics & Policy, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
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This article extends the application of the public service motivation (PSM) construct from
differences between volunteers and employees in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors
to the phenomenon of political activities that occurs during the public policy process. Based
upon regression analysis performed on a sample of undergraduate students enrolled in
introductory political science courses at a large public university, PSM appears to affect
overall levels of political participation. Additionally, the rational, normative, and affective …
This article extends the application of the public service motivation (PSM) construct from differences between volunteers and employees in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors to the phenomenon of political activities that occurs during the public policy process. Based upon regression analysis performed on a sample of undergraduate students enrolled in introductory political science courses at a large public university, PSM appears to affect overall levels of political participation. Additionally, the rational, normative, and affective dimensions of PSM appear to affect specific types of political activity in different manners. This article argues that the PSM construct provides a way to measure individual‐level receptiveness to civic motivators, an important purposive incentive that spurs political participation.
Este artículo extiende la aplicación del constructo motivacional por el servicio público a partir de diferencias entre voluntarios y empleados en el público, organizaciones sin fines de lucro y el sector privado al fenómeno de actividades políticas que ocurren durante el proceso de políticas públicas. Basado en un análisis de regresión usado en una muestra de estudiantes de licenciatura inscritos en un curso introductorio de ciencia política en una importante universidad pública, la motivación por el servicio público parece afectar todos los niveles de participación política. Adicionalmente, las dimensiones racionales, normativas y afectivas de la motivación por el servicio público parecen afectar géneros específicos de actividad política de diferentes maneras. Este estudio argumenta que el constructo motivacional por el servicio público proporciona una forma de medir niveles individuales de receptividad hacia motivadores cívicos, un importante incentivo deliberado que estimula la participación política.
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