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100			_aMoloney, Kim
245			_aLinking Jamaica's public service motivations and ethical climate
260			_c2016
300			_ap.436-458.
362			_aJul
520			_aUsing confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), we create a valid 15-item public service motivation (PSM) construct for Jamaica. We find high PSM among surveyed Jamaican civil servants and students. While our article supports the potentially universal nature of PSM, Jamaica is a less developed and less transparent country than the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) studies that dominate PSM scholarship. Survey respondents perceive corrupt and unethical behaviors among Jamaica's civil servants, politicians, and with selected state services. We use historical-institutionalism to explain the coexistence of high PSM in an unfavorable ethical climate. Institutional and cultural histories explain why substantive PSM values are not instrumentally implemented. Respondents feared job loss or lost promotions if they tell on colleagues who act inappropriately. The presence of monitoring institutions has not guaranteed effectiveness. An informer culture and societal distrust limit prosocial behaviors. The intertwining of institutional weaknesses and an informer culture limit PSM value enactment in Jamaica. - Reproduced.
650			_aMotivation - Jamaica
650			_aCivil service - Jamaica
650			_aMotivation
700			_aChu, Hyo-Youn
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
909			_a112353
999			_c112348 _d112348