The research on employee motivation for choosing a public service career has largely been
grounded in the intrinsic-extrinsic dichotomy along with limited motives such as job security …

Motivations for choosing a public service career have long been a core issue in public
administration research. This study focuses on China. Using the self-determination theory …

Attracting highly skilled IT talent has become a priority and an immense burden for
government organizations—especially when they have other—higher paying—employment …

Work motivation in the public service (WMPS) was proposed to address street-level
bureaucrats' work motivation based on the self-determination theory (SDT). Using mixed …

This article adopts a qualitative approach to investigate public service motivation (PSM)
among the government employees in Hong Kong. The government employees are not a …

Research on motivation in the public sector has used public service motivation (PSM) and
self-determination theory (SDT) interchangeably. This paper compares both theories …

The purpose of this study was to test the relationship between intrinsic motivation and work
performance among individuals from a broad cross‐section of job types among public …

Researchers have hypothesized that a person's public service motivation (PSM) has a
positive connection with occupational intention: the greater an individual's PSM, the more …

Why do the Chinese university students choose government jobs instead of private
companies? Do they have similar job motivations as those who are seeking private sector …

Much of the work in public management indicates that public service motivation (PSM)
generally leads to higher levels of organizational commitment. We argue that this …