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Unanswered Questions about Public Service Motivation: Designing Research to Address Key Issues of Emergence and Effects
Author(s) -
Wright Bradley E.,
Grant Adam M.
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.1540-6210.2010.02197.x
Subject(s) - scholarship , public service motivation , key (lock) , service (business) , public service , public relations , sociology , engineering ethics , political science , marketing , business , public sector , computer science , engineering , computer security , law
As public service motivation research gains momentum, important questions emerge regarding its origins and consequences that are not addressed by existing research. The authors identify some fundamental public service motivation assumptions, including critical gaps in our current understanding of its basic tenets. The authors then discuss specific research studies that, by virtue of their findings and designs, may fill in and inform such apparent gaps. Their aim is to chart new concrete directions for scholarship that complements and advances existing public service motivation research.