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On the Nature of Public Service Motivation

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The chapter offers a brief introduction to the main theme of the book and provides an outline of subsequent chapters. It briefly introduces the concept of public service motivation (PSM) defined as an other-oriented need to contribute to society and discusses its state- and trait-like nature.

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  1. Department of Business & Management, LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy

    Fabian Homberg

  2. Media School, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK

    Joyce Costello

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Homberg, F., Costello, J. (2019). On the Nature of Public Service Motivation. In: Public Service Motivation and Civic Engagement. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02453-6_1

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