TY  - JOUR
U1  - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
A1  - Ritz, Adrian
A1  - Weissmüller, Kristina S.
A1  - Meynhardt, Timo
T1  - Public value at cross points
BT  - a comparative study on employer attractiveness of public, private, and nonprofit organizations
JF  - Review of Public Personnel Administration
N2  - A commonly held assumption is that public service motivation (PSM) positively affects individuals’ attraction to government, but there are also private and nonprofit organizations that are beneficial to the common good. Therefore, the goal of this study is to shed light on an understudied topic in Public Administration, namely, how the public value of public, private, and nonprofit organizations affects their attractiveness to citizens and how PSM moderates this relationship. We find that employer attractiveness is strongly influenced by organizations’ public value regardless sectoral affiliation. This attribution of public value interacts with citizens’ PSM. For high-PSM individuals, the relationship between public value and attractiveness is stronger than for low-PSM individuals. Furthermore, high PSM exercises an asymmetric effect, punishing organizations with low public value more strongly in the private sector. These results highlight important implications for HR practitioners in all three sectors seeking to attract and retain highly motivated employees.
KW  - Employer attractiveness
KW  - Public value
KW  - Public service motivation
KW  - Employee retention
KW  - Public human resource management
Y1  - 2022
SN  - 0734-371X
SS  - 0734-371X
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X221098153
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X221098153
SP  - 1
EP  - 29
S1  - 29
ER  -