The Motivational Effects of Mission Matching: A Lab-Experimental Test of a Moderated Mediation Model

• Published in: Public administration review Vol. 76; no. 4; pp. 626 - 637
• Main Author: Smith, Jason
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2016; American Society for Public Administration
• Subjects: Government; Human resource management; Incentives; Individual Differences; Laboratory Experiments; Mediation; Motivation; Psychological aspects; Public administration; Studies

Scholarly literature finds positive motivational effects of matching workers and missions. However, the psychological mechanisms behind this matching effect have not been explored. This article develops and tests a moderated mediation model of mission matching in which meaningfulness serves as an in...