01485nam a2200193Ia 4500 181130s2018 xx 000 0 und d Resh, William G. The persistence of prosocial work effort as a function of mission match 2018 p.116-125. Jan/Feb The authors use an online experiment to test the proposal that �mission match� leads to persistent prosocial work effort, whereby employees go above and beyond remunerated job responsibilities to deliver a public good. First, the importance of mission match to persistent prosocial work effort in public and nonprofit organizations is discussed. Then a real?effort experiment is used to test whether mission match is associated with the persistence of individual work effort under conditions of unreasonable performance expectations. Findings show that subjects� narrow identification with the mission of the particular organization on whose behalf they are working is a more important determinant of persistence than the extent to which one reports self?sacrifice as a motivation toward service. Moreover, reported self?sacrifice does not appear to reinforce the relationship between mission match and persistent prosocial work behavior. - Reproduced. Civil service Motivation Public service Marvel, John D. and Wen, Bo Public Administration Review Civil service 506933 506933 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-12-07 78(1), Jan/Feb, 2018: p.116-125. AR118728 2018-12-07 2018-12-07 AR