Joining the Dutch Civil Service

Sandra Groeneveld, Bram Steijn and Peter van der Parre

Public Management Review, 2009, vol. 11, issue 2, 173-189

Abstract: This article focuses on the work motivation of employees who joined the Dutch civil service between 2000 and 2006. It relates changes in five distinct motives to the changing economic context and the recruitment campaign run by the Dutch civil service. Results show that both extrinsic and public service motivations of employees were greater when unemployment was higher. Surprisingly, the intensity of the recruitment campaign correlated with both intrinsic and extrinsic motives, and the campaign appears to have attracted workers with a higher level of public service motivation and with a greater attraction to the public sector.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/14719030802685446

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