Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Public Service Motivation and Civic Engagement pp 97–104Cite as

Lessons Learnt and the Way Forward

  • Chapter
  • First Online:

  • 674 Accesses

Abstract

This chapter reviews the main findings of the previous chapters in order to draw a list of clear-cut conclusions. The chapter ends with a suggested agenda for future research and some concluding remarks.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   44.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD   59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Notes

  1. 1.

    Information on the UK’s “Help-to-Work” programme can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/help-to-work-nationwide-drive-to-help-the-long-term-unemployed-into-work; a critical comment is provided by James (2014).

References

  • Anderfuhren-Biget, S. (2012). Profiles of public service-motivated civil servants: Evidence from a multicultural country. International Journal of Public Administration, 35(1), 5–18.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bright, L. (2013). Where does public service motivation count the most in government work environments? A preliminary empirical investigation and hypotheses. Public Personnel Management, 42(1), 5–26.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Clerkin, R. M., & Fotheringham, E. (2017). Exploring the relationship between public service motivation and formal and informal volunteering. Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 3(1), 23–39.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Clerkin, R. M., Paynter, S. R., & Taylor, J. K. (2009). Public service motivation in undergraduate giving and volunteering decisions. American Review of Public Administration, 39(6), 675–698.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Costello, J. (2017). Public service motivation and volunteering (Doctorate thesis). Bournemouth University.

    Google Scholar 

  • Costello, J., Homberg, F., & Secchi, D. (2017). The public service-motivated volunteer devoting time or effort: A review and research agenda. Voluntary Sector Review, 8(3), 299–317.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Coursey, D. H., Perry, J. L., Brudney, J. L., & Littlepage, L. (2008). Psychometric verification of Perry’s public service motivation instrument results for volunteer exemplars. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 28(1), 79–90.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Houston, D. J. (2005). “Walking the walk” of public service motivation: Public employees and charitable gifts of time, blood, and money. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory: J-PART, 16(1), 67–86. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mui028

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Houston, D. J. (2008). Behavior in the public square. In A. Hondeghem & J. L. Perry (Eds.), Motivation in public management: The call of public service (pp. 177–199). Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • James, S. B. (2014). Charities boycott placements. Third Sector.org. Available online at: https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/charities-boycott-governments-help-work-programme/policy-and-politics/article/1296838

  • Lee, Y.-j. (2012). Behavioral implications of public service motivation: Volunteering by public and nonprofit employees. American Review of Public Administration, 42(1), 104–121.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lee, Y.-J., & Jeong, J.-W. (2015). The link between public service motivation and volunteering: The case of south Korean civil servants. International Journal of Public Administration, 38(5), 355–363.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mondak, J. J. (2010). Personality and the foundations of political behavior. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Perry, J. L. (1997). Antecedents of public service motivation. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 7(2), 181–197.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Perry, J. L. (2014). The motivational bases of public service: Foundations for a third wave of research. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 36(1), 34–47.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rich, C. (2015). Writing and reporting news: A coaching method. Cengage Learning. New York: Wadseworth Publishing Co Inc.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rodell, J. B., Breitsohl, H., Schröder, M., & Keating, D. J. (2016). Employee volunteering: A review and framework for future research. Journal of Management, 42(1), 55–84.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Taylor, J. K., & Clerkin, R. M. (2011). Public service motivation and political action in college undergraduates. Politics & Policy, 39(5), 715–740.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vandenabeele, W. (2011). Who wants to deliver public service? Do institutional antecedents of public service motivation provide an answer? Review of Public Personnel Administration, 31(1), 87–107.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wright, B. E., & Pandey, S. K. (2008). Public service motivation and the assumption of person-organization fit testing the mediating effect of value congruence. Administration & Society, 40(5), 502–521.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Business & Management, LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy

    Fabian Homberg

  2. Media School, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK

    Joyce Costello

Authors
  1. Fabian Homberg
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Joyce Costello
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2019 The Author(s)

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Homberg, F., Costello, J. (2019). Lessons Learnt and the Way Forward. In: Public Service Motivation and Civic Engagement. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02453-6_6

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation