Motivation in Public Management -

Motivation in Public Management

The Call of Public Service
Buch | Hardcover
346 Seiten
2008
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-923403-5 (ISBN)
158,95 inkl. MwSt
Are public servants self-interested, or motivated by a sense of duty and commitment far above what we would expect given their often modest compensation and frequent public criticism? This book looks at research on this and related questions in assessing the current state of our scientific knowledge.
Motivation in Public Management: The Call of Public Service joins a long-standing debate about what drives the behavior of government employees and others who are engaged in the public's business. For many centuries, public service was considered a noble calling and, more recently, a profession. During the latter part of the 20th century, however, many scholars called into question both the reality and desirability of a public service ethic. This book draws upon a substantial and growing body of evidence from across disciplines in the social, behavioral, and natural sciences. It asks and answers key questions about the extent to which behavior is fundamentally self- or other-regarding.

To paraphrase James Madison, 'public servants are not angels,' but neither are they self-aggrandizing opportunists. The evidence presented in this volume offers a compelling case that motivation theory should be grounded not only in rational choice models, but altruistic and prosocial perspectives as well. In addition to reviewing evidence from many disciplines, the volume extensively reviews research in public management conducted under the rubric of 'public service motivation'. The volume is a comprehensive guide to history, methodology, empirical research, and institutional and managerial implications of research on public service motivation. As the contributors illustrate, the implications transcend particular sectors or countries.

James L. Perry is Chancellor's Professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), Indiana University, Bloomington. He also holds adjunct appointments in Philanthropy and Political Science. He has held faculty appointments at the University of California, Irvine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, University of Hong Kong, and Yonsei University. He received M.P.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Perry's research focuses on public service motivation, national and community service, and government reform. He is author and editor of many scholarly articles and books, among them Civic Service: What Difference Does It Make? (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2004), co-authored with Ann Marie Thomson, and Quick Hits for Educating Citizens (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006), co-edited with Steven Jones. Annie Hondeghem is Professor at the Public Management Institute of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven). Her research deals with public personnel management, change management, and equal opportunities policies. She is coordinator at the KU.Leuven of the Policy Research Centre "Governmental Organization in Flanders", a research program commissioned by the Flemish government. She is the coordinator of the Public Management Programme, which is an intensive training program for public servants of the federal administration in Belgium. Hondeghem's most recent publications include Competency management in the public sector: European variations on a theme (with Sylvia Horton and David Farnham,2002), Staff participation and and public management reform: Some international comparisons (with Sylvia Horton and David Farnham, 2004) and De Copernicushervorming in perspectief. Veranderingsmanagement in de federale overheid (with Roger Depré).

Editors' Introduction ; PART 1: FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION ; 1. History and Persistence of an Idea and an Ideal ; 2. Interdisciplinary Foundations of Public Service Motivation ; 3. Behavioral Dynamics: Institutions, Identities, and Self-regulation ; 4. Methodological Challenges Associated with Public Service Motivation Research ; PART 2: EXPLORING THE ANTECEDENTS, CORRELATES, AND OUTCOMES OF PUBLIC SERVICE ; 5. Antecedents and Correlates of Public Service Motivation ; 6. Recruitment, Attraction, and Selection ; 7. Employee and Organizational Performance ; 8. Public Service Motivation and Ethical Conduct ; 9. Behavior in the Public Square ; PART 3: COMPARATIVE ANALYSES IN PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION ; 10. Not a Government Monopoly: The Private, Nonprofit, and Voluntary Sectors ; 11. International Differences in Public Service Motivation: Comparing Regions Across the World ; PART 4: THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION ; 12. The Normative Model in Decline? Public Service Motivation in the Age of Governance ; 13. From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Applying Public Service Motivation ; 14. Directions for Future Theory and Research

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.5.2008
Zusatzinfo Tables and figures
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 162 x 240 mm
Gewicht 648 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Personalwesen
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Planung / Organisation
ISBN-10 0-19-923403-5 / 0199234035
ISBN-13 978-0-19-923403-5 / 9780199234035
Zustand Neuware
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