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Public Organization Review

01-03-2024

Comparison of a Multidimensional to a Unidimensional Measure of Public Service Motivation: A Ghanaian Study

Author: James Kwame Mensah

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Abstract

There is a paucity of empirical studies comparing unidimensional and multidimensional measures of PSM in Sub-Saharan Africa. Data was collected from 350 respondents in 26 Ministries in Ghana and the model was estimated with structural equation modelling. The findings showed that the four-dimensional measure of PSM is not comparable to the unidimensional measure, however, a three-dimensional and unidimensional measure of PSM is comparable. The findings further suggest that there is no significant difference between the three-dimensional and unidimensional measures of PSM in predicting affective commitment and organisational citizenship behaviour. The study contributed to testing the multi-dimensional and uni-dimensional measures of PSM in an African context.

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Metadata
Title
Comparison of a Multidimensional to a Unidimensional Measure of Public Service Motivation: A Ghanaian Study
Author
James Kwame Mensah
Publication date
01-03-2024
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Public Organization Review
Print ISSN: 1566-7170
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7098
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-024-00764-2