...Madinah F. Hamidullah; Gregg G. Van Ryzin; Huafang Li Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which public service motivation (PSM) can be explained by the big five personality factors. Design/methodology/approach Original data are gathered from two online surveys...

... probability of being annulled and lower cost to proceed. Structure of enforcement is skewed toward cases where harm serves as independent and sufficient evidence of competition law violation. Originality/value – The results show that it is dangerous to motivate authority and public servants based either...

... MCB UP Limited 2001 Police Civilians Commitment Motivation The purpose of this study is to examine the levels of organisational commitment and its determinants in a medium sized public sector organisation; a large English County police force. In particular a comparison will be made...

... influences which determine the managerial effectiveness of senior managers in the public sector. The results point to the presence of clusters of factors which constitute “parameters” of effectiveness at work. These include the managers’ “perception”, “awareness”, “competency skills”, “needs” and “motivation...

... Motivation Organizational behaviour Privatization Privatization is now a major part of industrial policy in many developed and developing economies. Where services are not being formally privatized, government agencies and market testing are being introduced as a form of quasi‐privatization...