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100 _aBozeman, Barry
245 _aPublic service motivation concepts and theory: a critique
260 _c2015
300 _ap.700-710.
362 _aSep-Oct
520 _aWith its growth in popularity, public service motivation (PSM) research has been subjected to increasing critical scrutiny, but with more focus on measurement and models than on concepts. The authors examine PSM against standard criteria for judging the strength of concepts (e.g., resonance, parsimony, differentiation, and depth). After providing a critique of PSM concepts, they conclude with suggestions for research programs that could improve the explanatory power of PSM theory. - Reproduced.
650 _aMotivation
700 _aSu, Xuhong
773 _aPublic Administration Review
909 _a109361
999 _c109356
_d109356