Annotated Bibliography
In this article, researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark studied and wanted to see whether or not deployment to war affects public service motivation. The researchers found out that each Danish soldier was affected differently in terms of public service motivation. Those differed in most situations, but for the majority of soldiers, compassion decreased and commitment to increase over time. Additionally, the researchers included in their findings that the main finding is this that soldiers become more normatively and less affectively motivated during deployment.
Andersen, L. B. (2013). Does Deployment to War Affect Public Service Motivation? A Panel Study of Soldiers Before and After Their Service in Afghanistan. Public Administration Review, 73(3), 466-477.
In the second article, the author illustrates the importance of public service to our society and also how much research has been done in the field over the past 2 decades. The study illustrates that PSM can play a role in employment decisions and how their data helped them to make strong casual inferences about PSM. The author concludes his paper by mentioning that there are still a lot of unanswered question on behalf of this topic and that there isn’t a very good understanding of PSM.
Wright, B. E., & Grant, A. M. (2010). Unanswered questions about public service motivation: Designing research to address key issues of emergence and effects. Public Administration Review, 70(5), 691-700.
In the third article, researchers took a government agency and questioned their employees about public service motivation. In addition to that, they took 4 dimension and asked them to comment on each of those sections and how they felt about it. In those dimensions were public policy making, public interest, self-sacrifice, and compassion. The researcher concludes at the end, based on his data, that current positions were not motivated by public service and rather had a very strong and dedicated commitment to their organization.
Jacobson, W. S. (2011). Creating a motivated workforce: How organizations can enhance and develop public service motivation (PSM). Public Personnel Management, 40(3), 215-238.
In the following research, researchers wanted to see what drives committed citizens to public service and what specifically motivates them. In this situation, they based a candidate’s position on their background and asked individuals how they felt about service. Most candidates that were passionate had a very strong religious background and those with less motivation, gradually were less religious or non-affiliated. The results were presented in 3 parts because the author had to differentiate certain scenarios.
Perry, J. L., Coursey, D., Brudney, J. L., & Littlepage, L. (2008). What drives morally committed citizens? A study of the antecedents of public service motivation. Public Administration Review, 68(3), 445-458.
In the last article, the author talks about public service and asks whether or not it matters. He find 3 different types of service types, ranging from a public motivator, to performance-goal committed, and lastly, job importance. These are the 3 categories he finds and distinguished amongst public servants. He finds that each individual has a different goal that they follow and each of those goals is vital to PSM
Wright, B. E. (2007). Public service and motivation: Does mission matter?. Public Administration Review, 67(1), 54-64