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Only If We Agree? How Value Conflicts Moderate the Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Public Service Motivation

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  • Julie Alsøe Krogsgaard
  • Pernille Thomsen
  • Lotte Bøgh Andersen

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Existing studies find positive associations between transformational leadership and public service motivation (PSM), but value conflict may moderate the relationship. This is investigated for Danish University Colleges using a mixed-methods design. These colleges educate future teachers, pedagogues, nurses, and social workers, and their strong public service-oriented missions and potentially conflicting public values make this sector a well-suited case to test whether consensus on public values is a precondition for a positive association between transformational leadership and employee PSM. Based on a survey of 968 employees combined with qualitative interviews concerning specific public values, we find that the less value conflict, the stronger the positive relationship between the direct managers’ level of transformational leadership and the employees’ PSM. This is also the case for the top management. This implies that transformational leadership might be a way for managers to enhance employee PSM, but only if there is no severe value conflict.

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  • Julie Alsøe Krogsgaard & Pernille Thomsen & Lotte Bøgh Andersen, 2014. "Only If We Agree? How Value Conflicts Moderate the Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Public Service Motivation," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(12), pages 895-907, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:37:y:2014:i:12:p:895-907
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2014.928315
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