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100			_aRose, Roger P.
245			_aPreferences for careers in public work: Examining the government-nonprofit divide among undergraduates through public service
260			_c2013
300			_ap.416-437.
362			_aJul
520			_aPublic service motivation (PSM) research has demonstrated the association of PSM with interest in government and nonprofit careers. Perry's PSM instrument also sheds light upon a less studied aspect of career interest among college students-the perception that the nonprofit sector, and not government, provides the better outlet for altruistic values. The author argues that given the lack of confidence in government and negative perceptions toward government work, only the attraction to policy making dimension predicts interest in government careers. In contrast, commitment to public interest, compassion, and self-sacrifice should explain student interest in nonprofits as well as teaching-both fields of work students see as more directly helping and serving people. Analyses of data from an Internet-based survey of 529 upper-division students at two upper-Midwest universities confirm this "divide" between the rational and normative/affective dimensions of PSM and suggest that confidence in institutions should be incorporated in PSM research. - Reproduced.
650			_aMotivation
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
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909			_a101745
999			_c101743 _d101743