The effects of socio-cultural factors on public service motivation: Insights from the Lebanese public service

Shahda, Elias and Myers, Jan (2017) The effects of socio-cultural factors on public service motivation: Insights from the Lebanese public service. International Journal of Political Science and Development, 5 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 2360-784X

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.14662/IJPSD2016.061

Abstract

The infusion of market and business management principles into the public sector has impeded the behaviour of public service motivated employees who are motivated by intrinsic motives. Besides, the infusion of such principles caused great threats to basic values of the civil service, like equity, fairness, justice, accountability, impartiality, public welfare and other values related to the public sector. From here, public service motivation (PSM) emanates as a reaction against these principles/techniques in the civil service. Public management scholars have studied PSM from different angles and perspectives; however, no one has studied the effects of socio-cultural factors on PSM. This study will fill this gap in PSM literature by studying how socio-cultural factors impede/block the development of this construct with lessons learnt from the Lebanese civil service.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Public service motivation, society, culture, sectarianism, corruption, nepotism, favouritism, favours, family
Subjects: L900 Others in Social studies
N100 Business studies
Department: Faculties > Business and Law > Newcastle Business School
Depositing User: Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited: 05 Jan 2018 13:19
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 20:49
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/33013

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