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Validating the Construct of Public Service Motivation in For-profit Organizations: A preliminary study

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  • Bangcheng Liu
  • Xiaoyi Zhang
  • Lanying Du
  • Qi Hu

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Delineating the theoretical link between individuals' discretion and motivations in the private sector and their public service behaviours in Chinese society, this study explored public service motivation (PSM) in for-profit organizations. A survey of 348 employees from three engineering consulting organizations in China validated the construct of PSM in for-profit organizations. Besides the positive correlation between conscientiousness and PSM, the current study demonstrated that a positive correlation exists between PSM and community citizenship behaviour (CCB) with love of money (LOM) as a marginal moderator: the positive relationship between PSM and CCB is marginally stronger when LOM is higher, vice versa.

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  • Bangcheng Liu & Xiaoyi Zhang & Lanying Du & Qi Hu, 2015. "Validating the Construct of Public Service Motivation in For-profit Organizations: A preliminary study," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(2), pages 262-287, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmgr:v:17:y:2015:i:2:p:262-287
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2013.798023
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