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Public Service Motivation and Individual Job Performance
Full text linkWhen pressure on human resource departments to make government more efficient is increasing, it is of great relevance to understand employees’ motivation and the fit of an employee with their job, as both contribute strongly to service performance. Therefore, this chapter discusses the role of public employees’ motivation and its relationship to individual performance. More specifically, this relationship is examined by focusing on public service motivation (PSM), a stream of research developed during the last three decades stressing the service orientation of public employees’ identity. Theoretically, how the relationship between PSM and individual performance is dependent on institutions is discussed, and an overview of the existing empirical evidence concerning this relationship is provided. The literature review discusses a variety of aspects such as direct vs. indirect effects, type of performance used, how performance is measured, and effect sizes. Finally, several avenues for future research are proposed, including methodological strategies
Introduction to a symposium on public service motivation: An international sampling of research
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Motivatie en leiderschap. Casestudie van een Vlaamse overheidsorganisatie
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Public service motivation and ethics : from theory building to theory testing
Full text linkDepartament responsable de la tesi: Departament de Ciència Política i de Dret Públic.Aquesta tesi realitzada per compilació d'articles revisa la relació entre la motivació pel servei públic (PSM) i l'ètica. La PSM, o la motivació per servir a la societat, i l'ètica, o l'estudi del que moralment és correcte o incorrecte, són dos temes fonamentals dintre de l'administració i la gestió pública. Tot i estar relacionats originalment, les investigacions realitzades fins ara s'han centrat principalment en examinar el paper que juga la PSM en la probabilitat de denunciar fets no ètics ò fer donacions. No obstant, s'han dedicat molt pocs esforços a inserir la PSM en teories de filosofia ètica, a explorar el costat ètic fosc de la PSM, a inserir la PSM en teories de psicologia moral, a connectar la PSM amb la teoria de violacions d'integritat, a diferenciar els efectes de la PSM en els resultats ètics i no ètics dels efectes provocats per altres motivacions laborals, i a calibrar l'impacte indirecte dels antecedents de la PSM en resultats ètics i no ètics. Per tal d'omplir tots aquests buits, aquesta tesi posa els valors i les identitats dels individus al centre de la discussió sobre com es poden fomentar les actituds i els comportaments ètics. S'han desenvolupat quatre articles seguint aquesta idea. El primer article ofereix un marc teòric per examinar la relació entre la PSM i l'ètica combinant filosofia ètica, teories d'identitat, psicològiques i d'autodeterminació. El segon i el tercer article enllacen PSM amb la literatura sobre violacions d'integritat, i proporcionen anàlisis empírics que mostren els diferents efectes de la PSM i altres motivacions laborals en l'acceptació d'actes no ètics. A més, avaluen l'impacte directe de la satisfacció de les necessitats psicològiques bàsiques i de la claredat dels objectius sobre la PSM, i l'impacte indirecte sobre el judici de les violacions d'integritat. El quart article proporciona suport empíric inicial a la conceptualització de PSM proporcionada en el primer article. Per fer-ho examina els diferents efectes del lideratge transaccional i transformacional, i la necessitat psicològica bàsica relacional en la PSM. En resum, a través del desenvolupament teòric i la comprovació empírica de la importància de com 'són' els individus, aquesta tesis ordena la investigació prèvia realitzada en el camp de la PSM i l'ètica, i s'encoratgen noves vies.Esta tesis realizada por compilación de artículos revisa la relación entre la motivación por el servicio público (PSM) y la ética. La PSM, o la motivación para servir a la sociedad, y la ética, o el estudio de lo que es moralmente correcto o incorrecto, son dos temas fundamentales dentro de la administración y la gestión pública. A pesar de estar relacionados originalmente, las investigaciones realizadas hasta ahora se han centrado principalmente en examinar el papel que juega la PSM en la probabilidad de denunciar hechos no éticos o hacer donaciones. No obstante, se han dedicado muy pocos esfuerzos a insertar la PSM en teorías de filosofía ética, a explorar el lado ético oscuro de la PSM, a insertar la PSM en teorías de psicología moral, a conectar la PSM con la teoría de violaciones de integridad, a diferenciar los efectos de la PSM en los resultados éticos y no éticos de los efectos provocados por otras motivaciones laborales, y a calibrar el impacto indirecto de los antecedentes de la PSM en resultados éticos y no éticos. Con el fin de llenar todos estos huecos, esta tesis pone los valores y las identidades de los individuos en el centro de la discusión sobre cómo se pueden fomentar las actitudes y los comportamientos éticos. Se han desarrollado cuatro artículos siguiendo esta idea. El primer artículo ofrece un marco teórico para examinar la relación entre la PSM y la ética combinando filosofía ética, teorías de identidad, psicológicas y de autodeterminación. El segundo y el tercer artículo enlazan la PSM con la literatura sobre violaciones de integridad, y proporcionan análisis empíricos que muestran los diferentes efectos de la PSM y otras motivaciones laborales en la aceptación de actos no éticos. Además, evalúan el impacto directo de la satisfacción de las necesidades psicológicas básicas y de la claridad de los objetivos sobre la PSM, y el impacto indirecto sobre el juicio de las violaciones de integridad. El cuarto artículo proporciona apoyo empírico inicial a la conceptualización de PSM proporcionada en el primer artículo. Para ello examina los diferentes efectos del liderazgo transaccional y transformacional, y la necesidad psicológica básica relacional en la PSM. En resumen, a través del desarrollo teórico y la comprobación empírica de la importancia de cómo 'son' los individuos, esta tesis ordena la investigación previa realizada en el campo de la PSM y la ética, y se alientan nuevas vías.This article-based compilation thesis revisits the link between public service motivation (PSM) and ethics. PSM, or the motivation to give back to society, and ethics, or the study of what is morally right and wrong, are two crucial topics in public administration and management. Although being originally interrelated, past research mainly examined the role PSM plays in shaping the likelihood of whistle-blowing and making donations. However, very little efforts have been devoted to insert PSM in ethics philosophy theories, to explore the ethical dark-side of PSM, to insert PSM in moral psychology theories, to connect PSM with integrity violations theory, to differentiate the effects of PSM on un/ethical outcomes from those of other work-motivations, and to assess the indirect impact of PSM-antecedents on un/ethical outcomes. To fill all these gaps, this thesis puts individuals' values and identities at the centre of the discussion about how ethical attitudes and behaviours can be encouraged. Four articles have been developed following this idea. The first article offers a theoretical framework to examine the relationship between PSM and ethics by combining ethics philosophy, identity, moral psychological and self-determination theories. The second and third articles link PSM to integrity violations literature, and provide empirical analyses showing the distinct effects of PSM and other work-motivations on the acceptance of unethical acts. Moreover, they assess the direct impact of basic psychological needs satisfaction and goal clarity on PSM, and the indirect one on the judgement of integrity violations. The fourth article provides initial empirical support to the conceptualization of PSM offered in the first article by examining the distinct effects of transactional and transformational leadership, and the basic psychological need of relatedness on PSM. In sum, by theoretically developing and empirically testing the importance of how individuals 'are,' this thesis orders previous research in the PSM-ethics field, and encourages new avenues
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
De wervingskracht van de federale overheid als werkgever tav hooggekwalificeerd personeel: de arbeidsmarktpositionering en het imago in kaart gebracht
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Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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