Open AccessKommunesammenlægningernes betydning for kommunalpolitikernes motivation
Author(s) -
Jens Olav Dahlgaard,
Lene Holm Pedersen
Publication year - 2010
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2446-0893
DOI - 10.7146/politik.v13i3.27455
Subject(s) - public service motivation , danish , government (linguistics) , degree (music) , public service , orientation (vector space) , psychology , business , public relations , political science , public sector , mathematics , philosophy , linguistics , physics , geometry , acoustics , law
This paper examines the impact of the major Danish municipal amalgamations of 2007 on the motivational bases for politicians in local government. The focus is narrowed down to Public Service Motivation (PSM), a form of altruistic motivation present in the provision of public services. Two subdimensions of PSM, Public Interest and User Orientation, are used. The analysis shows that Public Interest is unaffected by amalgamation degree, while User Orientation is negatively affected. In other words, the councillors, who have experienced the highest degrees of amalgamation, have the lowest degree of User Orientation.