Working for a Good Cause

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Dur, Robert; Zoutenbier, Robin
• 署名单位: Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.12183
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 144-155
• 关键词: public-service motivation; PERSON-ORGANIZATION FIT; political issues; sector employees; GOVERNMENT; incentives; attitudes; altruism; agents; socialization

摘要

A rich literature in public administration has shown that public sector employees have stronger altruistic motivations than private sector employees. Recent economic theories stress the importance of mission preferences and predict that altruistic people sort into the public sector when they subscribe to its mission. This article uses data from a representative survey of more than 30,000 employees from 50 countries to test this prediction. The authors find strong evidence of a mutually reinforcing role of altruism and mission alignment in sorting into the public sector, particularly among highly educated workers and among workers in less-developed countries.