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Higher Public Service Motivation for Accepting Public Sector Pension Reform? Evidence from Korean Government Organizations*
Yunho Kim1, Yunjin Jung2, Dongwook Seoh3, Tobin Im4
1Yunho Kim (first author) is a PhD student in the Graduate School of Public Administration at Seoul National University, Korea. E-mail:
yuno84@snu.ac.kr.
2Yunjin Jung is a PhD Candidate in the Graduate School of Public Administration at Seoul National University, Korea. E-mail:
yjjung7@snu.ac.kr.
3Dongwook Seoh is a PhD Candidate in the Graduate School of Public Administration at Seoul National University, Korea. E-mail:
dwseoh@snu.ac.kr
4Tobin Im (corresponding author) is dean of and professor in the Graduate School of Public Administration and an adjunct researcher of the Korea Institute of Public Affairs at Seoul National University, Korea. E-mail:
tobin@snu.ac.kr.
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Received: Jan 25, 2019; Revised: Feb 22, 2019; Revised: Apr 05, 2019; Accepted: Apr 08, 2019
Published Online: Apr 30, 2019
Abstract
Organizational reforms that employees do not voluntary accept are likely to negatively affect organizational effectiveness in the long term. We conducted an empirical analysis with survey data by reviewing related studies on public service motivation (PSM) and acceptance of organizational changes, the goal being to verify the relationship between government employees’ PSMand their acceptance of public sector pension reform in Korea. Results show that public servants highly driven by PSM are willing to accept this pension reform even though it reduces their own benefits. This study is distinguished from existing literature of PSM and responses to organizational changes because it reduces the possibility of endogeneity problems.
Keywords: public service motivation; public pension reform; acceptance of organizational change
