Public service motivation and public opinion:
Piatak, Jaclyn S
Public service motivation and public opinion: examining antecedents and attitudes - United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2021 - 84 p.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Who Has PSM?
4. PSM and Public Opinion
5. Discussion
6. Conclusion.
Practitioners, policymakers, and scholars across fields and disciplines seek to understand factors that shape public opinion and public service values, especially in today's polarized context. Yet we know little about how the two relate. Research on public service motivation (PSM), a drive to help others grounded in public institutions, has grown to examine career decisions and behaviors within and outside the workplace, but does the influence of PSM extend to individual values? Using data from the Cooperative Congressional Election Study surrounding the 2016 US presidential election, we first examine the antecedents of PSM; how do individual characteristics as well as socioeconomic and sociocultural factors influence levels of PSM? Second, we describe the role PSM plays in shaping public opinion on policy preferences, budget priorities, and political behaviors. Findings have implications for both understanding who has PSM as well as how PSM shapes public preferences, attitudes, and behaviors.
9781108964005
Civil service--Public opinion
Public administration
Public opinion
Civil service
352.63 / PIA
Public service motivation and public opinion: examining antecedents and attitudes - United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2021 - 84 p.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Who Has PSM?
4. PSM and Public Opinion
5. Discussion
6. Conclusion.
Practitioners, policymakers, and scholars across fields and disciplines seek to understand factors that shape public opinion and public service values, especially in today's polarized context. Yet we know little about how the two relate. Research on public service motivation (PSM), a drive to help others grounded in public institutions, has grown to examine career decisions and behaviors within and outside the workplace, but does the influence of PSM extend to individual values? Using data from the Cooperative Congressional Election Study surrounding the 2016 US presidential election, we first examine the antecedents of PSM; how do individual characteristics as well as socioeconomic and sociocultural factors influence levels of PSM? Second, we describe the role PSM plays in shaping public opinion on policy preferences, budget priorities, and political behaviors. Findings have implications for both understanding who has PSM as well as how PSM shapes public preferences, attitudes, and behaviors.
9781108964005
Civil service--Public opinion
Public administration
Public opinion
Civil service
352.63 / PIA