Introduction Social workers are individuals with agency ( Jeffery, 2011 ). In their role as either professionals or private citizens, the decision by social workers to engage in policy change or its formulation will inevitably be influenced by their motivation to do so. After having discussed the environments that provide the context in which this decision is taken, the opportunities that affect it and the organisational culture that facilitates it, in this chapter, we move to the micro level, that is, to motivation. This includes a sense of efficacy
Chris O’Leary looks afresh at the reasons for prosocial work choices in the first substantive critique of Public Service Motivation (PSM).
With critical analysis of theoretical and empirical research to date, this book explores the pros and cons of PSM and interrogates the reasons why people choose to work in the public and third sectors. It proposes an alternative theory for the pursuit of service, rooted in rational choice theory, that shows public servants are expressly motivated to confirm their values and identity through their work.
For those involved in public policy, administration and management, this is a constructive and stimulating review of an important but often neglected aspect of the sector.
103 Families, Relationships and Societies • vol 4 • no 1 • 103–16 • © Policy Press 2015 • #FRS Print ISSN 2046 7435 • Online ISSN 2046 7443 • http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204674314X13965329386969 research The value frameworks and motivations for intergenerational transfers from older Australians1 Lisel Alice O’Dwyer, lisel.odwyer@adelaide.edu.au Jennifer Buckley, jennifer.buckley@adelaide.edu.au University of Adelaide, Australia Transfers of time and money from people aged 50 or more may be made upward to living parents or downward to children, or both. The
, police agencies in England and Wales may better attract and retain those individuals who will play their part in the future of policing. Currently, there appears to be a general stability in the numbers of those volunteering across society ( Lindsey et al, 2019 ), with the National Council for Voluntary Organisations ( 2020 ) reporting more than 19 million people formally volunteered in the UK during 2018/19. However, only 17% of volunteers donated hours within the public sector ( McGarvey et al, 2019 ). This research therefore considers the motivations of Volunteer
Introduction In the 30 years since Perry and Wise (1990) first formalised public service motivation, it has become a dominant concept in public administration. Theoretical and empirical research has grown significantly, with hundreds of articles being published in each of the last few years. Indeed, Gene A Brewer recently suggested that public service motivation research has become a cottage industry, and is one of the ‘hottest topics’ in public administration research ( Brewer, 2019 ). This puts public administration scholarship at odds with wider
Introduction The extant literature around public service motivation is overwhelmingly empirical, and usually quantitative in nature. This is a positive of PSMT, and means that there is considerable evidence to support the view that public employees have other regarding motivations. But there are also significant issues with this empirical evidence; with its areas of focus and with the methods used. This chapter will critically explore the empirical evidence around public service motivation. It starts by examining a cohort of 52 studies, published in 2020
97 FIVE Positive motivation to harm Introduction The previous chapters have underlined the reconfiguration of labour markets to facilitate efficiency, flexibility and profit. The evidence presented so far falls within the context of systemic violence and the negative motivation to harm. Unintentionally harmful outcomes are driven by institutional and organisational responses to deep level structural attachment to ideological commitments of competition, efficiency and profitability. The reorientation of management practice and organisational culture to
65 FOUR Motivations and characteristics of owners A key question for me as I began investigating the phenomenon of status dogs was why is this occurring? What motivates young men to obtain aggressive dogs, or to obtain a placid puppy and train it to be deliberately aggressive? This chapter considers the motivations of owners by first establishing a typology of motivations. Second, it draws on sociological and criminological theories to help us understand why some people feel the need to boost their status and why dogs may fit this purpose – for example
PART I A critique of public service motivation theory
