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Public Service Motivation and the Assumption of Person–Organization Fit: Testing the Mediating Effect of Value Congruence

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	Abstract

This study contributes to our understanding of public service motivation by clarifying the mechanisms through which public service motivation influences employee attitudes previously linked to organizational performance. In particular, the authors find that the relationship between employee public service motivation and job satisfaction is mediated by the extent to which the employee perceives that his or her values are congruent with those of the public sector organization he or she works for. This study suggests that caution should be exercised when making claims regarding the effects of public service motivation and that greater emphasis should be placed on ways public sector organizations can foster employee–organization value congruence.

First published on June 9, 2008, doi:10.1177/0095399708320187

Administration & Society 2008;40:502.

A more recent version of this article appeared on September 1, 2008


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