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Public Service Motivation and Performance: Empirical evidence in Korea

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2005, 16(1), pp.81-104
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

Geunjoo Lee 1

1이화여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study investigate the difference between public sector employee and private sector employee in terms of Public Service Motivation(PSM) and its implication to the performance. PSM is defined as "individual's predisposition to respond to motives grounded primarily and uniquely in public institutions and organizations"(Perry & Wise 1990). It is hypothesized that people with high PSM tend to work in public institution and once in the organization, higher PSM affects the performance level positively. This study test these two hypotheses using Korean cases. The analysis confirms the theoretical expectation. The results of the analysis show that there is a statistically significant difference between public sector employee and private sector employee in terms of PSM and that the higher PSM among the public sector employees is positively related to higher performance level. The managerial implication of the study is also discussed.

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