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Public Sector Motivation in Germany- A comparative study on work motivation and job satisfaction among civil servants and public employees in the city of Detmold

Klauser, N. (2016) Public Sector Motivation in Germany- A comparative study on work motivation and job satisfaction among civil servants and public employees in the city of Detmold.

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Abstract:This study examines the question in how far public employees and public servants as two distinct types of public workers exhibit different levels of job satisfaction and to what extent those are determined by intrinsic and different types of extrinsic motivation. This case study is conducted with a cross-sectional research design on different public organizations from the German city of Detmold. An online-survey is used as the quantitative data collection method. In summary, this research novelly compares German public servants and public employees in order to illuminate whether work motivation in general and the relationship between work motivation and job satisfaction differs across the two public worker groups. The scientific interest to compare the civil servants and public employees is motivated due to the two groups of public workers´ different labor agreements. The officer status features numerous employment virtues in contrast to the employment as public employee. Potentially affecting the public workers` motivation and job satisfaction, this factor is given particular attention in the frame of this research. Finally, this study aims to test the validity of the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) with regard to public servants and public employees in Germany.
Item Type:Essay (Bachelor)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:02 science and culture in general
Programme:Management Society and Technology BSc (56654)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/70354
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