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Introduction to the Symposium on Public Service Motivation Research
Author(s) -
Perry James L.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02195.x
Subject(s) - public service , citation , service (business) , library science , sociology , political science , public relations , computer science , business , marketing
The idea that public offi cials should set aside their personal interests in the pursuit of the common good and serve the larger community is a long-standing belief. Philosophers dating to Plato, Aristotle, and Confucius gave voice to the view that public offi cials are obligated to public service. Sylvia Horton (2008) traces the idea of a public service ethos from its early expressions to the Middle Ages, and subsequently to twentieth-century Europe and America.