How has research regarding public service motivation evolved since James L. Perry and
Lois Recascino Wise published their essay “The Motivational Bases of Public Service” 20 …

This review explores the role of incentives in providing goods and services that have
significant social returns not captured in private returns, and where outcomes and …

Empirical research in economics has begun to explore the idea that workers care about
nonmonetary aspects of work. An increasing number of economic studies using survey and …

In 2020, many governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by encouraging
employees to work from home (WFH). Analyzing representative data from the UK, we find …

This article takes stock of public service motivation research to identify achievements,
challenges, and an agenda for research to build on progress made since 1990. After …

In recent years, much research has been conducted on the relationship between public
service motivation (PSM) and various outcomes, including job satisfaction. This article …

Firms are increasingly launching initiatives with explicit social mandates. The business case
for these often relies on one critical aspect of human capital management: employee …

The job satisfaction of self-employed and paid-employed workers is analyzed using the
European Community Household Panel for the EU-15 covering the years 1994–2001. We …

Employing intrinsically motivated individuals has been proposed as a means of improving
public sector performance. In this article, we investigate whether intrinsic motivation affects …

Students in India who cheat on a simple laboratory task are more likely to prefer public
sector jobs. This paper shows that cheating on this task predicts corrupt behavior by civil …