Validating the Construct of Public Service Motivation in For-profit Organizations: A preliminary study |
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| Authors: | Bangcheng Liu |
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| Institution: | 1. School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, Chinaliubangcheng@sjtu.edu.cn |
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| Abstract: | 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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| Keywords: | Conscientiousness community citizenship behaviour (CCB) love of money (LOM) public service motivation (PSM) |
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