Does Confucian culture affect public service motivation of grassroots public servants? Evidence from China
Public service motivation contains distinctive cultural characteristics. Different cultural backgrounds shape public service motives with different connotations and levels. However, the traditional cultural values rooted in historical development and socialization process have not received enough at...
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| author | Cheche Duan Cheche Duan Jiaxin Jiao Chunzhen Zhao Yingying Li Yingying Li |
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| description | Public service motivation contains distinctive cultural characteristics. Different cultural backgrounds shape public service motives with different connotations and levels. However, the traditional cultural values rooted in historical development and socialization process have not received enough attention in the research on public service motivation. In order to investigate the influence of Confucian culture based on Chinese scenes on public service motivation, in the current study we collected 1308 representative questionnaires from 12 cities in central and eastern China, and adopted the dual fixed effect model and moderating effect model to verify six hypotheses. The empirical results showed that Confucian culture has different effects on public service motivation from four dimensions, namely, attraction to politics and policy making (APP), commitment to public interest (CPI), compassion (COM), and self-sacrifice (SS). The paternalistic leadership plays a part in moderating the influence of Confucian culture on public service motivation. This study not only expands the cross-cultural applicability of the theory of public service motivation in non-western countries, but also supplements the evidence of research on public service motivation in East Asian countries. In practice, it is necessary for the organizations to consider the importance of specific cultural values for organizational culture and personal value orientation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5c1c145af4e04d59a0677b5c391fe8332023-01-18T15:09:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-01-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10666241066624Does Confucian culture affect public service motivation of grassroots public servants? Evidence from ChinaCheche Duan0Cheche Duan1Jiaxin Jiao2Chunzhen Zhao3Yingying Li4Yingying Li5School of Government, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Marxism, Xiamen University, Xiamen, ChinaSchool of Media and Communication, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Marxism Studies, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, ChinaSchool of Government, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaShenzhen Bao’an International Airport, Shenzhen, ChinaPublic service motivation contains distinctive cultural characteristics. Different cultural backgrounds shape public service motives with different connotations and levels. However, the traditional cultural values rooted in historical development and socialization process have not received enough attention in the research on public service motivation. In order to investigate the influence of Confucian culture based on Chinese scenes on public service motivation, in the current study we collected 1308 representative questionnaires from 12 cities in central and eastern China, and adopted the dual fixed effect model and moderating effect model to verify six hypotheses. The empirical results showed that Confucian culture has different effects on public service motivation from four dimensions, namely, attraction to politics and policy making (APP), commitment to public interest (CPI), compassion (COM), and self-sacrifice (SS). The paternalistic leadership plays a part in moderating the influence of Confucian culture on public service motivation. This study not only expands the cross-cultural applicability of the theory of public service motivation in non-western countries, but also supplements the evidence of research on public service motivation in East Asian countries. In practice, it is necessary for the organizations to consider the importance of specific cultural values for organizational culture and personal value orientation.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1066624/fullConfucian culturepublic service motivationpaternalistic leadershippublic servantstraditionality |
| spellingShingle | Cheche Duan Cheche Duan Jiaxin Jiao Chunzhen Zhao Yingying Li Yingying Li Does Confucian culture affect public service motivation of grassroots public servants? Evidence from China Frontiers in Psychology Confucian culture public service motivation paternalistic leadership public servants traditionality |
| title | Does Confucian culture affect public service motivation of grassroots public servants? Evidence from China |
| title_full | Does Confucian culture affect public service motivation of grassroots public servants? Evidence from China |
| title_fullStr | Does Confucian culture affect public service motivation of grassroots public servants? Evidence from China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does Confucian culture affect public service motivation of grassroots public servants? Evidence from China |
| title_short | Does Confucian culture affect public service motivation of grassroots public servants? Evidence from China |
| title_sort | does confucian culture affect public service motivation of grassroots public servants evidence from china |
| topic | Confucian culture public service motivation paternalistic leadership public servants traditionality |
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