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Work-to-non-work spillover: the impact of public service motivation and meaningfulness on outcomes in work and personal life domains

Zheng, Y.; Wu, C.H.; Graham, L.

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Authors

Y. Zheng

C.H. Wu



Abstract

This study examines why, and when, public service motivation (PSM) has spillover effects from employees’ work lives into their personal lives. Drawing on a dual conceptualization of meaningfulness, we propose and examine the relationship of PSM with meaningfulness of work through processes of realization and justification. Analyses of 253 matched dyads of policing employees and spouses support the proposed mediation effect of meaningfulness of work from PSM to job satisfaction, individual initiative (i.e. task-related behaviours after work), and psychological detachment from work in non-work time. Job autonomy is found to compensate for PSM in predicting meaningfulness and these outcomes.

Citation

Zheng, Y., Wu, C., & Graham, L. (2020). Work-to-non-work spillover: the impact of public service motivation and meaningfulness on outcomes in work and personal life domains. Public Management Review, 22(4), 578-601. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2019.1601242

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 3, 2019
Online Publication Date May 3, 2019
Publication Date 2020
Deposit Date Mar 19, 2019
Publicly Available Date Nov 3, 2020
Journal Public Management Review
Print ISSN 1471-9037
Electronic ISSN 1471-9045
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 22
Issue 4
Pages 578-601
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2019.1601242
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1305985

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