Public Service Motivation and Civic Engagement The Role of Pro-social Motivations in Shaping Society /

• Main Authors: Homberg, Fabian (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Costello, Joyce (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Manpower policy.; Employee health promotion.; Project management.; Nonprofit organizations.; Human Resource Development.; Employee Health and Wellbeing.; Project Management.; Non-Profit Organizations and Public Enterprises.

"This book sets out not only to understand Public Service Motivation, but to find its place among other more traditional organisational research topics. In doing so, Homberg and Costello show that PSM is no longer in its infancy and can be successfully employed to tackle issues beyond public se...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: On the Nature of Public Service Motivation
• 2. Zooming in on Public Service Motivation I: Conceptual Facets
• 3. Zooming in on Public Service Motivation II - Construct Measurement
• 4. The association of Public Service Motivation and Civic Engagement: Linking PSM and Volunteering Intensity
• 5. Civic Engagement as Political Participation: Does PSM Create Politically Active Citizens?
• 6. Lessons Learnt and the Way Forward.