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Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge Research Handbook brings together international scholars to provide a comprehensive overview of motivation within and beyond the field of public administration. Discussing the implications of contemporary research for theory and practice, it offers suggestions for the development of future research in the field.
Contributions offer cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary insights into the theories that underpin motivation research and how motivation drives decisions across public, nonprofit, and private sector settings, highlighting key sector differences that influence decision-making. Covering a wide range of core motivational topics and subfields relevant to the study of public and nonprofit administration, chapters emphasize the key motivational factors that affect employee recruitment, selection, and retention and how they affect – and are affected by – employee behavior.
Providing a wide-ranging coverage of the field, this Research Handbook is critical reading for scholars, researchers, and upper-level students of public administration and policy. It will also benefit practitioners in public and nonprofit organizations in need of a deeper understanding of the links between motivation and employee behavior.
Trade Review‘This book is a breath of fresh air illuminating the theory and practice of motivating, cultivating, and caring for the public sector workforce at all levels of government. It is a must-read for scholars, practitioners, and students interested in building and sustaining a well-run public service.’ -- Rosemary O’Leary, University of Kansas, US
‘Stazyk and Davis have assembled an all-star cast of public sector motivation researchers, from rising stars to revered veterans. This compendium of cutting-edged knowledge will surely become the bible for public sector motivation researchers.’ -- Leisha DeHart-Davis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, US
‘This comprehensive reader provides an inclusive and sweeping examination of the issues on the topic of motivation in public administration. It takes a broad view of motivation, with some coverage of public service motivation (PSM), but the book also addresses other critical topics surrounding and affecting employee motivation that are often overlooked, including non-monetary compensation, unionization, public pensions, job designs and organizational justice. The coverage of both theoretical and applied applications, and the prominent scholars contributing to the reader make it a significant contribution to the literature addressing motivational issues in public administration. It goes beyond the standard fare and is a must read for those interested in the research and practice of motivation in the field.’ -- Norma M. Riccucci, Rutgers University, US
‘Every once in a while, an edited collection reframes and revitalizes the state of the art! Edmund C. Stazyk and Randall S. Davis have edited such a masterful collection by bringing together leading international scholars on public and nonprofit employee motivation, who provide an expansive and in-depth account of motivation theory, public sector context, key human resource management processes, and employee behavior.’ -- Sanjay K. Pandey, George Washington University, US
Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Motivation in Public Administration 1 Edmund C. Stazyk and Randall S. Davis PART I THEORY AND FOUNDATIONS 2 The political economy of bureaucratic motivation 10 Yongjin Ahn and William Resh 3 Behavioral public administration and employee motivation 27 Carina Schott 4 The ins and outs of motivational crowding 39 Trent Engbers 5 Self-determination theory and public employee motivation research 57 Justin M. Stritch, Ulrich Thy Jensen and Michelle Allgood 6 Goals as a driver of public sector motivation 71 Edmund C. Stazyk and Jisang Kim 7 What do we know yet about public service motivation in Latin America? A review of the evolution of empirical research 89 Pablo Sanabria-Pulido and Cristian Pliscoff 8 Experiments and qualitative methods: towards a methodological framework 105 Kai Xiang Kwa PART II MOTIVATION AS A DRIVER OF SECTOR DECISIONS 9 Employee motivation across job sectors 122 Jaclyn Piatak 10 Monetary and non-monetary compensation in for-profit, nonprofit, and public organizations: comparison and competition 137 Laura Langbein and Fei W. Roberts 11 Unionization and the motivational context in public management 154 Randall S. Davis and Warefta Rahman 12 Public pensions and employment in the public sector 168 Gang Chen and Hyewon Kang 13 Unreserved fund balance management practices in US counties 183 John A. Hamman, LaShonda M. Stewart, Brian C. Chapman and Jeremy N. Phillips PART III FACTORS AFFECTING RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND RETENTION 14 Responsibility toward others is vital in public and non-profit organizations: can we recruit, hire, and cultivate it? 201 Neil M. Boyd and Branda Nowell 15 Merit system integrity and public service motivation in the US federal civil service: evidence on the importance of merit principles 219 Gene A. Brewer, J. Edward Kellough, and Hal G. Rainey 16 Job design and motivation: crafting the work of the public sector 234 Alexander C. Henderson and Jessica E. Sowa 17 Job design and public employee work motivation: towards an institutional reading 249 David Giauque and Rafaël Weissbrodt 18 For the children? Teachers’ motivation and systems for recruitment, retention, and evaluation 264 Stephen B. Holt 19 Public service motivation education and government career preferences: a teaching agenda 284 Leonard Bright PART IV MOTIVATION AND EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOR 20 Linking justice and employee performance in public organizations 293 Ellen V. Rubin and Minsung Michael Kang 21 Ethics, prosocial and public service motivation: disentangling their relationship and identifying the implications for the public and nonprofit sectors 307 Jessica Breaugh and Guillem Ripoll 22 Organizational identity orientation: a public sector research agenda 321 Julie Langer and Mary K. Feeney 23 Change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior in public organizations: appropriateness, opportunity, risk, and public service motivation 336 Jesse W. Campbell 24 Stressed versus motivated public employees: a systematic review of the motivation and stress literatures through a contextualized job demands-resources model 354 Rick T. Borst 25 Worked to a crisp: ‘realistic’ and ‘symbolic’ stressor effects on burnout 376 Adam C. Green 26 What happened to you? Understanding trauma and motivation in the public service workplace 386 Heather Getha-Taylor and Morgan D. Farnworth PART V CONCLUSION 27 Conclusions: where does motivation research in public administration go from here? 401 Randall S. Davis and Edmund C. Stazyk Index
