... in many organizations. This article proposes and empirically tests a model of knowledge hiding behavior in public organizations. Design/methodology/approach Relationships among public service motivation (PSM), internal organizational context, knowledge hiding behavior and employee extra-role behavior...

... and intention to leave, drawing on the attribution theory. Furthermore, it examines the moderation of public service motivation (PSM) on this relationship. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a scenario-based survey with a post-test experimental design to analyze the survey result using...

...Dermot McCarthy; Ping Wei; Fabian Homberg; Vurain Tabvuma Purpose The purpose of this paper is to statistically test if the public service motivation (PSM) measure operates in the same way across the public and private sectors of a municipal district in China. It also contrasts the relationship...

...Raffaela Palma; Alessandro Hinna; Gianluigi Mangia Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore whether a pro-social motivation called user orientation (UO), which aims at helping specific others, may affect performance of public sector employees in addition to public service motivation (PSM...

...Rick Vogel; Fabian Homberg; Alena Gericke Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine abusive supervision and public service motivation (PSM) as antecedents of deviant workplace behaviours. Design/methodology/approach The study was conducted in a cross-sectional research design with survey...

...Dr Fabian Homberg, Dr Vurain Tabvuma and Professor Klaus Heine; Nicolai Petrovsky; Adrian Ritz Purpose – A growing body of literature points to the importance of public service motivation (PSM) for the performance of public organizations. The purpose of this paper is to assess the method...

... the influence of constitutions and traditions on motivation in a quantitative and comparative way. The theoretical foundations are based upon self-determination theory (SDT), formalization and public service motivation. Findings – The paper shows that even the most constrained and hierarchically...