How Does Public Service Motivation Among Teachers Affect Student Performance in Schools?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Andersen, Lotte Bogh; Heinesen, Eskil; HolmPedersen, Lene
• 署名单位: Aarhus University; Paramount Global
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1053-1858
• DOI: 10.1093/jopart/mut082
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 651-671
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PERSON-ORGANIZATION; job-satisfaction; employees; fit; achievement; credentials; CITIZENSHIP; incentives; COMMITMENT

摘要

The literature expects public service motivation (PSM) to affect performance, but most of the existing studies of this relationship use subjective performance data and focus on output rather than outcome. This article investigates the association between PSM and the performance of Danish teachers using an objective outcome measure (the students' academic performance in their final examinations). Combining survey data and administrative register data in a multilevel data set, we are able to control very robustly for the specific characteristics of the students (n = 5,631), the schools (n = 85), and other teacher characteristics (n = 694) besides PSM. We find that PSM is positively associated with examination marks. The result indicates that PSM may be relevant for performance improvements.