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100 _aWright, Bradley E.
245 _aDoes a public service ethic encourage ethical behaviour? public service motivation, ethical leadership and the willingness to report ethical problems
260 _c2016
300 _ap.647-663.
362 _aSep
520 _aThis article aims to advance our understanding of and confidence in the relationship between employee public service motivation (PSM) and ethical behaviour by testing the degree to which PSM predicts the ethical behaviour or behavioural intention of government employees. Building on previous research, we argue that government employees with higher PSM are not only more likely to internalize values that support public interests, they also are likely to be concerned less about the potential consequences that they may experience by reporting unethical conduct within their agencies. Using data collected through a survey from 477 employees working in a large state agency, we find that supervisors with higher PSM are more likely to be perceived by their subordinates as exhibiting ethical leadership, supervisors exhibiting higher ethical leadership are more likely to have subordinates with higher levels of PSM and that subordinates with higher PSM express a higher willingness to report unethical behaviour within their agency. We discuss implications of these findings for research on PSM. - Reproduced.
650 _aCivil service
650 _aMotivation
700 _aPark, Jongsoo
700 _aHassan, Shahidul
773 _aPublic Administration
909 _a112698
999 _c112693
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