Intrinsic Motivation, Effort and the Call to Public Service

Intrinsic Motivation, Effort and the Call to Public Service

Pay schemes in the public sector aim to attract motivated, high-ability applicants. A nascent literature has found positive effects of higher pay on ability and no or slightly positive effects on motivation. This paper revisits this issue with a no...

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Main Authors: Banuri, Sheheryar, Keefer, Philip
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
ATTENTION
CAREERS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
EXCHANGE RATE
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
GENDER
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
INTELLIGENCE
LEARNING
LOTTERY
MINISTRIES OF FINANCE
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MOTIVATION
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
PERSONALITY
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRIMING
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PSYCHOLOGY
PUBLIC
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
PUBLIC INTEREST
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING
PUBLIC SECTOR COMPENSATION
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE
PUBLIC SECTOR PAY
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE
PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES
PUBLIC SECTORS
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE ETHIC
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC WORKS
RECOGNITION
SOCIAL ATTITUDES
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
SOCIAL CARE
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL WELFARE
SOCIALIZATION
TAXATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18682614/intrinsic-motivation-effort-call-public-service
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16945

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18682614/intrinsic-motivation-effort-call-public-service
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16945

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