Bringing Society In: Toward a Theory of Public-Service Motivation

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 471-488

  Perry, James L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242670628     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024277     Document Type: Article

References (70)

1. Ajzen, I., and Fishbein, M. 1969 "The Prediction of Behavioral Intentions in a Choice Situation." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 5:400-16.
2. Allison, G.T. 1983 "Public and Private Management: Are They Fundamentally Alike in All Unimportant Respects." In J.L. Perry and K.L. Kraemer, eds. Public Management: Public and Private Perspectives. Mountain View, Calif.: Mayfield.
3. Bandura, A. 1977 Social Learning Theory. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
4. 1986 Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
5. Brewer, G.A., and Selden, S.C. 1998 "Whistle Blowers in the Federal Civil Service: New Evidence of the Public Service Ethic." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 8:3:413-39.
6. Brewer, G.A.; Selden, S.C.; and Facer, R.L. II. forthcoming "Individual Conceptions of Public Service Motivation." Public Administration Review.
7. Brief, A.P., and Motowidlo, S.J. 1986 "Prosocial Organizational Behaviors." Academy of Management Review 11:4:710-25.
8. Brown, S.P. 1996 "A Meta-analysis and Review of Organizational Research on Job Involvement." Psychological Bulletin 120:2:235-55.
9. Burt, A.S. 1982 Toward a Structural Theory of Action. New York: Academic Press.
10. Colby, A., and Damon, W. 1992 Some Do Care: Contemporary Lives of Moral Commitment. New York: Free Press.
11. Coleman, J. 1987 "Norms as Social Capital." In Gerard Radnitzky and Peter Bernholz, eds. Economic Imperialism: The Economic Approach Applied Outside the Field of Economics, 133-55. New York: Paragon.
12. Cooper, T., and Wright, N.D., eds. 1992. Exemplary Public Administrators: Character and Leadership in Government. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass.
13. Crewson, P.E. 1995a The Public Service Ethic. Ph.D. diss. American University.
14. 1995b "Public-Service Motivation: Building Empirical Evidence of Incidence and Effect." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 4:499-518.
15. Deci, E.L. 1975 Intrinsic Motivation. New York: Plenum.
16. Deci, E.L., and Ryan, R.M. 1985 Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior. New York: Plenum.
17. Etzioni, A. 1988 The Moral Dimension: Toward a New Economics. New York: Free Press.
18. Friedland, R., and Alford, R.R. 1987 "Bringing Society Back In: Symbols, Structures and Institutional Contradiction." Paper presented at the conference on institutional change, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, Calif.
19. Fukuyama, F. 1999 The Great Disruption. New York: Free Press.
20. Gabris, G.T., and Simo, G. 1995 "Public Sector Motivation as an Independent Variable Affecting Career Decisions." Public Personnel Management 24:1:33-51.
21. Green, D.P., and Shapiro, I. 1994 Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory: A Critique of Applications in Political Science. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press.
22. Grusec, J.E. 1992 "Social Learning Theory and Developmental Psychology: The Legacies of Robert Sears and Albert Bandura." Developmental Psychology 28:5:776-86.
23. Hirschman, A.O. 1982 Shifting Involvements: Private Interest and Public Action. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
24. Hofstede, G. 1980 Culture's Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related Values. Beverly Hills, Calif.: SAGE.
25. Hughes, E. 1939 "Institutions." In R. Park, ed. An Outline of the Principles of Sociology, 283-346. New York: Barnes and Noble.
26. Jurkiewicz, C.L.; Massey, T.K.; and Brown, R.G. 1998 "Motivation in Public and Private Organizations: A Comparative Study." Public Productivity and Management Review 21:3: 230-50.
27. Kanungo, R.N., and Conger, J.A. 1993 "Promoting Altruism as a Corporate Goal." Academy of Management Executive 7:3:37-48.
28. Katz, D. 1964 "The Motivational Basis of Organizational Behavior." Behavioral Science 9:131-46.
29. Katz, D., and Kahn, R.L. 1966 The Social Psychology of Organizations. New York: Wiley.
30. Knack, S. 1992 "Civic Norms, Social Sanctions, and Voter Turnout." Rationality and Society 4:2:133-56.
31. Knoke, D., and Wright-Isak, C. 1982 "Individual Motives and Organizational Incentive Systems." Research in the Sociology of Organizations 1:209-54.
32. Landy, F.J., and Becker, W.S. 1987 "Motivation Theory Reconsidered." In L.L. Cummings and B.M. Staw, eds. Research in Organizational Behavior, vol. 9. Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press.
33. Lewin, S.B. 1996 "Economics and Psychology: Lessons for Our Own Day From the Early Twentieth Century." Journal of Economic Literature 34(Sept.):1293-1323.
34. Lewis, G.B., and Alonso, P. 1999 "Public Service Motivation and Job Performance." Paper presented at the 60th national conference of the American Society for Public Administration, April 10-14, Orlando, Florida.
35. Mansbridge, J. 1990 Beyond Self-interest. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
36. March, J.G., and Olsen J.P. 1989 Rediscovering Institutions: The Organizational Basis of Politics. New York: Free Press.
37. Marwell, G., and Ames, R.E. 1979 "Experiments on the Provision of Public Goods, I. Resources, Interest, Group Size, and the Free-Rider Problem." American Journal of Sociology 84(May): 1335-60.
38. 1980 "Experiments on the Provision of Public Goods, II. Provision Points, Stakes, Experiences, and the Free-Rider Problem." American Journal of Sociology 85(Jan.):926-37.
39. McClelland, D.C. 1985 Human Motivation. Glenville, Ill.: Scott, Foresman.
40. Monroe, K.R. 1996 The Heart of Altruism: Perceptions of a Common Humanity. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
41. Morgan, G. 1997 Images of Organization, 2d ed. Beverly Hills, Calif.: SAGE.
42. Mosher, F.C. 1968 Democracy and the Public Service. New York: Oxford University Press.
43. Organ, D.W. 1988 Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Good Soldier Syndrome. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington.
44. Ostrom, E. 1998 "A Behavioral Approach to the Rational Choice Theory of Collective Action" American Political Science Review 92(Mar.): 1-22.
45. Perry, J.L. 1994 "Revitalizing Employee Ties with Public Organizations." In Patricia Ingraham and Barbara Romzek, eds. New Paradigms for Government, 191-214. San Francisco, Calif: Jossey-Bass.
46. 1996 "Measuring Public Service Motivation: An Assessment of Construct Reliability and Validity." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 6:1:5-22.
47. 1997 "Antecedents of Public Service Motivation." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 7:2:181-97.
48. Perry, J.L., and Porter, L.W. 1982 "Factors Affecting the Context for Motivation in Public Organizations." Academy of Management Journal 7:1:89-98.
49. Perry, J.L., and Rainey, H.G. 1988 "The Public-Private Distinction in Organization Theory: A Critique and Research Strategy." Academy of Management Review 13(Apr.): 182-201.
50. Perry, J.L., and Wise, L.R. 1990 "The Motivational Bases of Public Service." Public Administration Review 50(May/June): 367-73.
51. Porter, L.W., and Miles, R.P. 1974 "Motivation and Management." In J.W. McGuire, ed. Contemporary Management: Issues and Viewpoints, 545-70. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
52. Rainey, H.G. 1979 "Perceptions of Incentives in Business and Government: Implications for Civil Service Reform." Public Administration Review 39:440-48.
53. 1983 "Public Agencies and Private Firms: Incentive Structures, Goals, and Individual Roles." Administration and Society 15:207-42.
54. 1997 Understanding and Managing Public Organizations. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass.
55. Robertson, P.J., and Tang, S.Y. 1995 "The Role of Commitment in Collective Action: Comparing the Organizational Behavior and Rational Choice Perspectives." Public Administration Review 55:1:67.
56. Romzek, B. 1990 "Employee Investment and Commitment." Public Administration Review 50(May/June): 374-82.
57. Schwartz, H.S. 1983 "A Theory of Deontic Work Motivation." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 19:2:204-14.
58. Scott, W.R. 1987 "The Adolescence of Institutional Theory." Administrative Science Quarterly 32:493-511.
59. Selznick, P. 1948 TVA and the Grass Roots. Berkeley: University of California Press.
60. 1957 Leadership in Administration. New York: Harper and Row.
61. Shamir, B. 1991 "Meaning, Self and Motivation in Organizations." Organization Studies 12:3:405-24.
62. Stryker, S. 1977 "Developments of 'Two Social Psychologies': Towards An Appreciation of Mutual Relevance." Sociometry 40(June): 145-60.
63. 1980 Symbolic Interactionism: A Social Structural Version. Menlo Park, Calif.: Benjamin/Cummings.
64. van Eerde, W., and Thierry, H. 1996 "Vroom's Expectancy Models and Work-Related Criteria: A Meta-Analysis," Journal of Applied Psychology 81:575-86.
65. Vroom, V.H. 1964 Work and Motivation. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
66. Wildavsky, A. 1987 "Choosing Preferences by Constructing Institutions: A Cultural Theory of Preference Formation." American Political Science Review 81:1:3-21.
67. Wilson, J.Q. 1995 The Moral Sense. New York: Free Press.
68. Yates, M., and Youniss, J. 1996 "Community Service and Political-Moral Identity in Adolescents." Journal of Research on Adolescence 6:3:271-84.
69. Youniss, J., and McLellan, J.A. 1997 "What We Know About Engendering Civic Identity." American Behavioral Scientist 40:5: 620-31.
70. Youniss, J.; McLellan, J.A.; Su, Y.; and Yates, M. 1999 "The Role of Community Service in Identity Development: Normative, Unconventional, and Deviant Orientations." Journal of Adolescent Research 14:2: 248-61.