What's in it for others? The relationship between prosocial motivation and commitment to change among youth care professionals

This study assesses the relationship between prosocial motivation and commitment to change among youth care professionals. We draw on person-environment fit theory to propose that this relationship is conditional on employees' perceived meaningfulness of the change for society and clients. Our...

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Published inPublic management review Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 443 - 462
Main Authors van der Voet, Joris, Steijn, Bram, Kuipers, Ben S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 21.04.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Children & youth
Clients
Management reviews
Motivation
Organizational change
Prosocial motivation
public professionals
Youth
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Summary:This study assesses the relationship between prosocial motivation and commitment to change among youth care professionals. We draw on person-environment fit theory to propose that this relationship is conditional on employees' perceived meaningfulness of the change for society and clients. Our results confirm the expected positive relationship between prosocial motivation and commitment to change. Our analysis suggests that the moderating relationship between prosocial motivation, client meaningfulness and commitment to change should be understood as a substitutive relationship: both prosocial motivation and client meaningfulness are sufficient conditions, but the presence of both is not a necessary condition for commitment to change.
ISSN:1471-9037
1471-9045
DOI:10.1080/14719037.2016.1183699