Data for: Pro-social motivation, effort and the call to public service

Abstract of associated article: We investigate the interaction of pro-social motivation and wages in pro-social organizations with a novel subject pool, 1700 students destined for the private and public sectors in Indonesia, using a measure of pro-social motivation that exactly matches the mission of the organization. Three novel conclusions emerge. Consistent with a common, but untested, assumption in the theoretical literature, workers with greater pro-social motivation exert higher real effort. However, high pay attracts less pro-socially motivated individuals. Furthermore, we also test whether a real world pro-social organization (the Indonesian Ministry of Finance) attracts pro-socially motivated workers. We find that prospective entrants into the Indonesian Ministry of Finance exhibit higher levels of pro-social motivation than a comparable sample of general workers.

相关论文摘要：本研究以印尼1700名即将进入私营与公共部门的学生为新型受试群体，采用与组织使命精准匹配的亲社会动机（pro-social motivation）测量维度，探究亲社会组织中亲社会动机与薪酬的交互作用。本研究得出三项全新结论：其一，契合理论文献中一项常见但未经验证的假设，亲社会动机更强的劳动者会付出更高的实际努力；其二，高薪反而会吸引亲社会动机较弱的个体；其三，本研究同时检验了现实中的亲社会组织——印度尼西亚财政部（Indonesian Ministry of Finance）是否会吸引亲社会动机较强的劳动者。研究结果显示，申请入职印度尼西亚财政部的潜在求职者，其亲社会动机水平显著高于同类型普通劳动者对照样本。