Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors influencing the decision of
managers to work in the nonprofit sector and how these choices are shaped by intrinsic and …

Existing research on career motivations tends to focus either on the difference between
private and public organizations or on the difference between nonprofit and for‐profit firms …

Research in the for-profit and public sectors has long sought to understand the factors
affecting employee motivation but little is known concerning motivation of the nonprofit …

Public service motivation (PSM) is a multifaceted theory that explains, among other things,
the career preferences of individuals. Some have suggested that PSM is not inherently …

This research draws upon a survey of nonprofit and state government managers to examine
the role service motivation plays in both sectors. The research addresses three main …

Pending leadership transitions in the nonprofit sector present a timely need to understand
the career path to the executive position, but very few studies on nonprofit career paths have …

This contribution examines differences in four motivation-related concepts between
employees in not-for-profit and for-profit sector service organizations. Using regression …

Little research has sought to identify the distinct advantages that nonprofits offer employees,
particularly managers. Drawing upon Weisbrod's theory of managerial sorting (1988), we …

We examine the relative efficacy of two theoretically distinct variables for predicting job
satisfaction and turnover intentions for workers in nonprofit organizations. The first …

This article reviews research on motivation of employees in the nonprofit sector, with a major
emphasis on the motivation of teachers and hospital nursing staff. Although both areas are …