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Korean Journal of Policy Studies
Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University

Korean J. Policy Stud. 2012; 27(1):131-152

pISSN: 1225-5017, eISSN: 2765-2807

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52372/kjps27107

Article

Motivations Affecting Singapore University Students’ Publicand Private-Sector Job Choices

Kilkon Ko1
1Kilkon Ko is an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Public Administration at Seoul National University and an associate editor of the Asian Journal of Political Science. This work was supported by the Research Settlement Fund for new faculty at Seoul National University.

© Copyright 2012 Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Feb 20, 2012; Revised: Feb 28, 2012; Revised: Apr 17, 2012; Accepted: Apr 20, 2012

Published Online: Apr 30, 2012

Abstract

This article investigates whether university students’ job motivations are different depending on their sectoral job choice. Using stratified random sampling, the author surveyed 253 students in Singapore (response rate = 48 percent). Logistic regression analysis results provided evidence that public service motivation is a significant motivator to Singapore university students who pursue public-sector careers. The results, however, do not exclude the importance of extrinsic motivators such as high salary or opportunity for advancement, which are important to both public- and private-sector job seekers.

Keywords: job motivation; Singapore; job choice