Putting public service motivation into context: A balance between universalism and particularism

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-253

  Giauque, David ^a   Ritz, Adrian ^b   Varone, Frédéric ^c   Anderfuhren Biget, Simon ^c   Waldner, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

contextualization; democratic governance; public service motivation; scale analysis

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; SERVICE PROVISION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79958725008     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852311399232     Document Type: Article

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