ABSTRACT

Although previous research has explored broadly the determinants of public service motivation (PSM), little is known about how it is affected by formal institutional variations. This article examines the presence of PSM in the bureaucracies of democratic and autocratic political regimes. Merging data from the four waves of the International Social Survey Programme with a recent classification of regime types, this study confirms that autocracies seem neither to diminish public servants’ levels of PSM, nor hinder its cultivation. In fact, we find indications that PSM is likely to be higher in autocracies, where the positive effect of relatedness on PSM is also stronger than in democracies, albeit the latter is partially non-significant. Future research and practical implications of the findings are further discussed.

摘要

尽管之前的研究已经广泛探讨了公共服务动机 (PSM) 的决定因素，但人们对其如何受到正式制度差异的影响知之甚少。本文考察了 PSM 在民主和专制政体的官僚机构中的存在。将国际社会调查计划的四波数据与最近的政权类型分类相结合，这项研究证实，专制似乎既不会降低公务员的 PSM 水平，也不会阻碍其培养。事实上，我们发现专制国家的 PSM 可能更高，相关性对 PSM 的积极影响也强于民主国家，尽管后者部分不显着。进一步讨论了研究结果的未来研究和实际意义。