Public Service Motivation in a Work Group: Role of Ethical Climate and Servant Leadership
- Authors
- Shim, Dong Chul; Park, Hyun Hee
- Issue Date
- 6월-2019
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
- Keywords
- public service motivation; motivation theory; servant leadership; ethical climate; organizational behavior
- Citation
- PUBLIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, v.48, no.2, pp.203 - 225
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- PUBLIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- Volume
- 48
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 203
- End Page
- 225
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/64845
- DOI
- 10.1177/0091026018806013
- ISSN
- 0091-0260
- Abstract
- The current study attempts to examine Perry's assertion that the public service motivation (PSM) of government employees may be influenced by the logic of appropriateness. Based on a survey of 596 Korean local government employees in 110 work groups, this study investigated the associations between ethical climate, servant leadership, and PSM. Multilevel structural equation models (SEM) were employed. At the individual level, ethical climate (i.e., efficiency, rule/law, independence) was significantly associated with PSM. However, at the work group level, ethical climate did not demonstrate a significant association with PSM. In addition, this study found that servant leadership is effective in helping government employees develop PSM at both the individual and work group levels.
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