Public service motivation of county-level emergency managers

Matthew Malone, PhD

doi:10.5055/jem.2018.0387

Authors

Matthew Malone, PhD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.2018.0387

Keywords:

emergency management, local government, public administration, public service motivation

Abstract

This study seeks to understand the public service motivations (PSMs) of professional emergency managers. In order to do this, county-level emergency managers completed an electronic survey designed to measure their PSM using standard PSM measures developed by Perry in 1996 along with my own emergency management specific measures. The survey results strongly indicate that county-level emergency managers have high levels of PSM, and they have a strong desire to specifically be emergency managers.

Author Biography

Matthew Malone, PhD

Assistant Professor of Political Science and Homeland Security, Department of Government, Criminology, and Sociology, Lander University, Greenwood, South Carolina

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