Public Service Motivation Concepts and Theory: A Critique

Barry Bozeman; Xuhong Su

doi:10.1111/puar.12248

Public Service Motivation Concepts and Theory: A Critique

Barry Bozeman, Xuhong Su

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With its growth in popularity, public service motivation (PSM) research has been subjected to increasing critical scrutiny, but with more focus on measurement and models than on concepts. The authors examine PSM against standard criteria for judging the strength of concepts (e.g., resonance, parsimony, differentiation, and depth). After providing a critique of PSM concepts, they conclude with suggestions for research programs that could improve the explanatory power of PSM theory.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	700-710
Number of pages	11
Journal	Public administration review
Volume	75
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12248
State	Published - Sep 1 2015

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