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Review of Public Personnel Administration, Vol. 28, No. 1, 79-90 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X07309523

Psychometric Verification of Perry's Public Service Motivation Instrument

Results for Volunteer Exemplars

David H. Coursey

Arizona State University, dcoursey{at}whinc.net

James L. Perry

Indiana University, Bloomington, perry{at}indiana.edu

Jeffrey L. Brudney

Cleveland State University, jbrudney{at}urban.csuohio.edu

Laura Littlepage

Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, llittlep{at}iupui.edu

This research note reports a confirmatory factor analysis for three of Perry's (1996) public service motivation (PSM) subdimensions: self-sacrifice, commitment to public interest, and compassion. A mail survey of national award-winning volunteers constitutes the sample. Results indicate strong support for Perry's instrument, most noticeably better results for self-sacrifice than those found in Perry's original exploratory work. Implications and recommendations for PSM instrument development are discussed.

Key Words: motivation • public service ethic • personnel • volunteerism • structural equation modeling • confirmatory factor analysis


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