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Pulling the Levers: Transformational Leadership, Public Service Motivation, and Mission Valence
Author(s) -
Wright Bradley E.,
Moynihan Donald P.,
Pandey Sanjay K.
Publication year - 2011
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.1540-6210.2011.02496.x
Subject(s) - transformational leadership , valence (chemistry) , public service motivation , public relations , public service , psychology , service (business) , political science , social psychology , business , public sector , marketing , law , physics , quantum mechanics
This article contributes to our understanding of public service motivation and leadership by investigating ways in which organizational leaders can reinforce and even augment the potential effects of public service motivation on employees’ attraction to the organization’s mission (mission valence). The results contribute to two research questions. First, the findings provide new evidence on the sources of public service motivation. The authors find that transformational leadership is an organizational factor associated with higher public service motivation. Second, the article examines the relationship between transformational leadership and mission valence. The authors find that transformational leadership has an important indirect effect on mission valence through its influence on clarifying organizational goals and fostering public service motivation.