Public service motivation and sectoral employment in Russia: new perspectives on the attraction vs. socialization debate

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/25840886:_____/20:N0000005

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2020.1841692" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2020.1841692</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2020.1841692" target="_blank" >10.1080/10967494.2020.1841692</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Public service motivation and sectoral employment in Russia: new perspectives on the attraction vs. socialization debate

Original language description

Numerous studies have shown that public service motivation (PSM) is higher among public sector employees, particularly in western countries. But whether these trends result from high-PSM individuals selecting into public sector employment or from on-the-job socialization remains subject to debate. We address this question utilizing novel panel data on Russian university students. Examining the relationships between PSM and sectoral employment both before and after students enter the labor force, we find that: (1) high-PSM students are more likely to prefer public sector employment, (2) high-PSM students are more likely to be employed in the public sector following graduation, and (3) PSM increases upon entry into the workplace at approximately the same rate in both the public and private sectors. These findings suggest that at least during early career stages, the association between PSM and public sector employment results largely from an attraction-selection process, rather than a socialization process. Our analyses additionally provide evidence that theories of PSM based on the western experience may generalize to the context of developing or post-communist countries, despite the prevalence of corruption and a less pronounced public service ethos in many of these countries.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Public Management Journal

ISSN

1096-7494

e-ISSN

1559-3169

Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

497-516

UT code for WoS article

000598937400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85097525461