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Titles listProfiles of Public Service-Motivated Civil Servants: Evidence from a Multicultural Country
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Profiles of Public Service-Motivated Civil Servants: Evidence from a Multicultural Country |
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| Published in | International Journal of Public Administration. 2012, vol. 35, no. 1, p. 5-18 | |
| Abstract | This study analyses if and to what extent culture, associational membership, social trust, civic participation, and political ideology explain the PSM level of civil servants. On the basis of a representative sample of 3,754 municipal employees from the German- (79 percent) and the French-speaking (21 percent) parts of Switzerland, this study offers three striking pieces of empirical evidence. First, the social profile of the respondents is different for each PSM dimension: “Attraction to politics and policymaking” is mostly influenced by political participation and sympathy for political parties; “Commitment to the public interest ” by culture and social trust; “Compassion” by clear-cut political positioning; and “Self-Sacrifice ” by volunteering and religiosity. Second, socio-political variables add an important contribution to the explanation of the first three dimensions. And third, cultural belonging has an important effect on the level of PSM. | |
| Keywords | Public service motivation — Antecedents — Social capital — Civic participation — Social trust — Political ideology | |
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| Citation (ISO format) | ANDERFUHREN-BIGET, Simon. Profiles of Public Service-Motivated Civil Servants: Evidence from a Multicultural Country. In: International Journal of Public Administration, 2012, vol. 35, n° 1, p. 5-18. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:31093 |
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