TAYLOR, Jeannette <br/><br/>
The impact of public service motives on work outcomes in Austrália  :  a comparative multi-dimensional analysis 

 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell Publishers,  December 2007 
<br/><br/> There is a general consensus that individuals who are driven to serve the public interest can possess a mix of public service motives for engaging in altruistic actions. This article proposes that when analysed simultaneously, some public service motives may play a more important role than others in influencing work outcomes. The pressing questions are which ones and how? Through a survey of a group of Australian public sector employees, this article explores the relationship between the various dimensions of public service motivation (PSM) and the common work outcomes: organizational commitment, job satisfaction and job motivation. The combinations of PSM dimensions that had a greater impact on these work outcomes are also found to vary with different outcomes