Public service motivation of public and private employees in Chinese context: A comparative study

Author

Liu, Bang-cheng ; Wen, Hao ; Du, Lan-ying ; Fan, Bo

Author_Institution

Sch. of Int. & Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China

fYear

2011

fDate

25-27 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

To investigate the public service motivation (PSM) of public and private employees in Chinese context, a comparative study is conducted with two independent samples. In Study 1, confirmatory factor analysis is implemented to test the existence of PSM based on 250 public employees. In Study 2, 247 respondents from private companies are evaluated. These studies not only provide evidence for the construct validity of PSM in Chinese context, but also demonstrate that comparatively the levels of public employees´ PSM are relatively higher, especially for the attraction to policy making and commitment to public interest dimension of PSM.

Keywords

employee welfare; personnel; statistical analysis; Chinese context; confirmatory factor analysis; private employees; public employees; public service motivation; Companies; Context; Cultural differences; Ethics; Government; Presses; China; Comparative Study; Private Sector; Public Sector; Public service motivation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Service Systems and Service Management (ICSSSM), 2011 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tianjin

ISSN

2161-1890

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-310-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSSSM.2011.5959387

Filename

5959387