Abstract

This article examines the state of public service motivation research and associated big questions from the shared perspective of participants who gathered for a 20-year retrospective conference entitled “Elevating Public Service Motivation (PSM) Research” at Aspen Grove, Utah, in 2019. Using a variety of facilitation methods, conference organizers sought to (1) identify the current state of PSM research; (2) provide a practitioner perspective on PSM research; (3) identify shared perspectives of PSM researchers; and (4) identify open questions in PSM scholarship. We report on the results of these efforts. In brief, while there are some areas of broad consensus across PSM scholarship, there are still many contested areas. In particular, researchers and practitioners appear to have different views about the value of PSM research and its application to practice. We articulate several frameworks, motivated by participant insights, to guide future research and practice. We also introduce the IPMJ articles from the 2019 conference that illustrate important themes in PSM’s current and future place in public administrative research and practice.

摘要

本文从与会者的共同角度审视了公共服务动机研究的现状和相关的重大问题，这些参与者于 2019 年聚集在犹他州阿斯彭格罗夫，参加了名为“提升公共服务动机 (PSM) 研究”的 20 年回顾会议。使用各种促进方法，会议组织者力图（1）确定 PSM 研究的现状；(2) 提供 PSM 研究的从业者视角；(3) 确定 PSM 研究人员的共同观点；(4) 确定 PSM 奖学金中的开放性问题。我们报告了这些努力的结果。简而言之，虽然 PSM 奖学金在一些领域达成了广泛共识，但仍有许多有争议的领域。尤其，研究人员和从业者似乎对 PSM 研究的价值及其在实践中的应用有不同的看法。我们在参与者的见解的推动下阐明了几个框架，以指导未来的研究和实践。我们还介绍了 2019 年会议的 IPMJ 文章，这些文章说明了 PSM 当前和未来在公共行政研究和实践中的重要主题。