Table 1 Definitions of PSM
From: Does public service motivation matter in Moroccan public hospitals? A multiple embedded case study
(Perry 1990) [75] | “An individual’s predisposition to respond to motives grounded primarily or uniquely in public institutions and organizations.” |
(Rainey and Steinbauer 1999) [76] | “General altruistic motivation to serve the interest of the community, people, state, a nation, human kind.” |
(Brewer and Selden, 2000) [77] | “The motivational force that induces individuals to perform meaningful public, community, and social service.” |
(Vandenabeele, 2007) [12] | “The beliefs, values and attitudes that go beyond self-interest and organizational interest, that concern the interest of a larger political entity, and that motivate individuals to act accordingly whenever appropriate.” |