Investigating the structure and meaning of public service motivation across populations: Developing an international instrument and addressing issues of measurement invariance

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-102

  Kim, Sangmook ^a   Vandenabeele, Wouter ^b,c   Wright, Bradley E ^d   Andersen, Lotte Bogh ^e,f   Cerase, Francesco Paolo ^g   Christensen, Robert K ^h   Desmarais, Céline ⁱ   Koumenta, Maria ^j   Leisink, Peter ^b   Liu, Bangcheng ^k   Palidauskaite, Jolanta ^l   Pedersen, Lene Holm ^f   Perry, James L ^m   Ritz, Adrian ⁿ   Taylor, Jeannette ^o   De Vivo, Paola ^g  

^a Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^j CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^m INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84871184898     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: 14779803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jopart/mus027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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