Human resource management (HRM) and public service motivation (PSM): Where are we, and where do we go from here?
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to the special issue on public service motivation (PSM) and human resource management (HRM). The authors analyse and review how the literatures on HRM and PSM relate to each other.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper combines two complementary studies: a bibliometric analysis of the interrelationships between the two literatures and a meta-analysis of the impact of HR practices on PSM.
Findings
Although HRM is among the core subject categories to which the literature on PSM refers, the pre-eminence of HR topics self-reported by PSM researchers indicates large room for further transfer. Intrinsic HR practices show positive and significant effects on PSM, while no such association was found for extrinsic HR practices.
Originality/value
The editorial is a complement to a recent bibliometric review of PSM research, focusing more particularly on the interrelationships with HRM and applying hitherto unused techniques. It is also the first meta-analysis of the association between HR practices and PSM.
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Citation
Homberg, F. and Vogel, R. (2016), "Human resource management (HRM) and public service motivation (PSM): Where are we, and where do we go from here?", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 37 No. 5, pp. 746-763. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-05-2016-0120
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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