Organizational commitment in public servants through civic engagement

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Mendez, Nathalie; Avellaneda, Claudia N.
• 署名单位: Universidad de los Andes (Colombia); Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/padm.12840
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 1055-1071
• 关键词: service motivation; government employees; antecedents; POLITICS; Managers; TIES

摘要

The public service motivation (PSM) theory has emphasized the distinctive motivational character of public employees in serving public institutions. However, scarce research has explored whether public service motivation extrapolates to civic engagement as another way to participate in public affairs. We contend that public employees' stronger sense of public interest expands toward higher engagement levels in social, economic, political, and civic organizations. Using data from the most recent wave of the World Values Survey from 2017 to 2020 in 77 countries-this study compares the degree of civic engagement of public servants with general citizens' level of engagement. Results across all world regions, except Africa, support the hypotheses that public servants are more willing to participate in civic organizations. However, public employees' civic engagement is contingent on organizational type (modern vs. traditional) and bureaucratic rank (top- vs. street-level), for street-level bureaucrats participate more in traditional but not modern organizations.