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Where Does Public Service Motivation Count the Most in Government Work Environments? A reliminary Empirical Investigation and Hypotheses
Recent research has demonstrated that public service motivation (PSM) is positively
associated with the compatibility that public employees have to public organizations.
However, the person–work environment (PE Fit) research also highlights the
importance of compatibility not only between individuals and organizations (PO Fit)
but also between individuals and jobs (PJ Fit). Hence, there is a need for research that
investigates the level of the government work environment that PSM contributes to
the most. Subsequently, this study sought to shed some light on the relationship that
PSM has to PO Fit and PJ Fit. Using a sample of 205 randomly selected employees drawn
from three public organizations in the States of Oregon, Indiana, and Kentucky, PSM
was found to be a significantly better predictor of PO Fit, than PJ Fit. The implications
of this finding for public administration research and practice are discussed.
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