Public Service Motivation: A Bridge Between Ethical Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors in Vietnamese Public Organizations

Nguyen Thi Quynh Trang (), Le Dinh Minh Tri () and Alang Tho ()
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Nguyen Thi Quynh Trang: University of Economics and Law, Vietnam National University, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics
Le Dinh Minh Tri: International University, Vietnam National University, Office of Graduate Affairs, School of Business
Alang Tho: International University, Vietnam National University, Department of Marketing, School of Business

A chapter in Vietnamese Business and Sustainable Development in a Globalized and Digitalized Era, 2026, pp 1-22 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This study investigates the mediating roles of attraction to public service, commitment to public values, compassion, and self-sacrifice in the relationship between ethical leadership and various types of organizational citizenship behaviors within the public sector in Vietnam. These mediators represent four dimensions of public service motivation – a multifaceted construct that warrants further exploration in transitional countries with evolving norms and values. We discovered that the affective dimensions of public service motivation, compassion, and self-sacrifice significantly mediate the relationship between ethical leadership and individual-directed organizational citizenship behavior. Meanwhile, commitment to public values mediates the connection between ethical leadership and organization-directed organizational citizenship behavior. These findings contribute to the theoretical understanding of public service motivation in a non-Western context and offer practical insights for leadership in the public sector.

Keywords: Attraction to public service; commitment to public values; compassion; self-sacrifice; ethical leadership; organizational citizenship behaviors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-24745-2_1

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