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Motivation in Public Management : The Call of Public Service.
Title:
Motivation in Public Management : The Call of Public Service.
Author:
Perry, James L.
ISBN:
9780191552830
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (346 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Tables and Figures -- Editors' Introduction -- PART I. FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION -- 1. History and Persistence of an Idea and an Ideal -- 2. Interdisciplinary Foundations of Public Service Motivation -- 3. Behavioral Dynamics: Institutions, Identities, and Self-Regulation -- 4. Methodological Challenges Associated with Public Service Motivation Research -- PART II. EXPLORING THE ANTECEDENTS, CORRELATES, AND OUTCOMES OF PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION -- 5. Antecedents and Correlates of Public Service Motivation -- 6. Recruitment, Attraction, and Selection -- 7. Employee and Organizational Performance -- 8. Public Service Motivation and Ethical Conduct -- 9. Behavior in the Public Square -- PART III. COMPARATIVE ANALYSES IN PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION -- 10. Not a Government Monopoly: The Private, Nonprofit, and Voluntary Sectors -- 11. International Differences in Public Service Motivation: Comparing Regions across the World -- PART IV. THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION -- 12. The Normative Model in Decline? Public Service Motivation in the Age of Governance -- 13. From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Applying Public Service Motivation -- 14. Directions for Future Theory and Research -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Are public servants self-interested, or motivated by a sense of duty and commitment far above what we would expect given their often modest compensation and frequent public criticism? This book looks at research on this and related questions in assessing the current state of our scientific knowledge.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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