The Comparative study of factors affecting public service motivation

Dehghanan, Hamed; Sehat, Saied; Sadatyan, Seyeed Ebrahim

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor Business Administration Department, Allameh Tabataba'i University

² Associate Professor of Business Administration Department, Allameh Tabataba'i University

³ M.A of Business Administration, Allameh Tabataba'i University

Abstract

Understanding of basic differences between public sector and private sector in motivation and behavioral field is a vital step in understanding of a concept which is beyond of the concept of motivation to service the society. In this study, the main purpose is analyzing of differences between private and public sectors employees in servicing to society and the effect of prerequisites on it. In this regard private and public hospitals of Sari are selected as statistical population in this research and sampling was done with sampling size of 225. The method of research in this study, is descriptive/survey research. For data collection a 55 question questionnaire is used. The gathered data is analyzed with LISREL and SPSS software. By analyzing data it is investigated that there is no remarkable difference between private and public hospitals in servicing to society. Results showed that specified prerequisites in public hospitals have remarkable effect on employees' motivation of servicing but in private hospitals these specified prerequisites have no effect on employees' motivation of servicing. Also data analyzing showed that in public sector, employees' motivation of servicing have a positive and remarkable influence on their personal performance but in private sector, employees' motivation of servicing have no positive and remarkable influence on their personal performance

Keywords

20.1001.1.22518037.1394.24.79.7.1

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The Comparative study of factors affecting public service motivation

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Volume 24, Issue 79 - Serial Number 79
March 2016
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The Comparative study of factors affecting public service motivation

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Volume 24, Issue 79 - Serial Number 79March 2016Pages 145-172

Volume 24, Issue 79 - Serial Number 79
March 2016
Pages 145-172