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Are public servants self-interested, or motivated by a sense of duty and commitment far above what we would expect given their often modest compensation and frequent public criticism? This book looks at research on this and related questions in assessing the current state of our scientific knowledge.

Civil service --- Public administration --- Employee motivation. --- Motivation (Psychology) --- Action, Psychology of --- Drive (Psychology) --- Psychology of action --- Psychology --- Motivation in industry --- Work motivation --- Personnel management --- Psychology, Industrial --- Goal setting in personnel management --- Administration, Public --- Delivery of government services --- Government services, Delivery of --- Public management --- Public sector management --- Political science --- Administrative law --- Decentralization in government --- Local government --- Public officers --- Personnel management in the civil service --- Public personnel management --- Personnel management. --- Management.