01738pab a2200193 454500 180718b2017 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Loon, Nina Mari van Clarifying the relationship between public service motivation and in-role and extra-role behaviors: the relative contributions of person-job and person-organization fit 2017 p.699-713. Aug A core proposition of public service motivation (PSM) theory is that PSM is positively related to individual performance. Some studies, however, suggest that this relationship is mediated by person-job or person-organization fit. This study aims to further clarify the relationship between PSM and performance by, first, studying the mediation role of both person-job and person-organization fits and, second, by investigating this mediation for both in-role and extra-role behavior. Whereas in-role behavior is aimed at the individual task, extra-role is aimed at helping colleagues. This difference may matter for the role of PSM and fit. To this end, we conducted structural equation modeling with bootstrapping on self-reported survey data from public employees (n = 1,031). The analysis showed that person-job, but not person-organization fit, fully mediated the relationship between PSM and in-role behavior. The relationship with extra-role behavior was not mediated. The PSM-performance relationship may thus be more complex than previously envisioned, as both type of performance and person-job fit matter. Public utilities Motivation Leisink, Peter Vandenabeele, Wouter American Review of Public Administration 116324 116318 116318 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 47, Issue no: 6 AR116784 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR