Research on the Impact of Public Service Motivation on Job Satisfaction: Taking the ChineseCivil Servants for Example

Abstract

Since American scholars Perry and Wise put forward the concept of public service motivation in 1990, the research on public service motivation have been concerned by a lot of scholars. Many Chinese scholars have promoted the study of public service motivation since the beginning of 21 century and a lot of writings have emerged.Through empirical investigation of Chinese civil servants in Lijiang city of Yunnan province, this paper draws some valuable conclusion. Based on the above research conclusion, the paper puts forward the following suggestions: (1) Strengthening the government civil servants public service awareness training and promoting the spirit of public service; (2) reforming existing incentive mechanism and enhancing the government's job satisfaction of civil servants; (3) strengthening the government civil servants occupation management and establishing the concept of occupation.

A Motivação de Serviço Público e a satisfação no trabalho: Pesquisa em uma Universidade Federal ## Public Service Motivation and job satisfaction: Research at the Federal University

“…Ainda que se modifi que o continente e a cultura nacional onde o estudo sobre a relação PSM e satisfação é aplicado, pode-se verifi car que os resultados tendem a não diferir. Kaipeng et al (2014) Numa tentativa de explicar como a PSM afeta a satisfação no trabalho, Kjeldsen e Andersen (2010) e Kjeldsen e Hansen (2018) testaram se a relação entre a PSM e a satisfação no trabalho diferem entre os setores público e privado. Os resultados mostraram que a PSM está positivamente associada à satisfação no trabalho, mas a associação é mais forte no setor público.…”