| Dear colleagues, Where, when and how does Public Service Motivation find a favorable ground? Can Public Service Motivation "make a difference"? For answers to these questions and more, explore 'Motivation in Public Sector Organizations', the first special issue published by Evidence-based HRM (EBHRM). EBHRM has an exclusive focus on empirical, evidence-based research into the field of Human Resource Management and emphasizes the importance of applied and statistical methods when analyzing Human Resource Management. The journal has a broad scope and encourages articles from a wide range of academic disciplines and fields, giving it a unique reach across the academic world. The articles in this issue make a contribution to bridging the boundaries between public administration and various other disciplines interested in work motivation such as human resource management, organizational behavior, and economics and psychology. This special issue adds to the development of an interdisciplinary approach to investigating work motivation in the public sector in different social, cultural, political and economic contexts. Why not take a look at the articles and read the issue now for free via our website? Visit http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/ebhrm/2/1 or click the links below for access. Kind regards Zoë Sanders Publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited Tel: +44 (0)1274 785262 zsanders@emeraldinsight.com www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com | | | PS Join the EBHRM LinkedIn Group for journal updates, editorial releases and to share your current research projects with peers. | Read 'Motivation in Public Sector Organizations' now! Uwe Wilkesmann and Christian J. Schmid C. Schott and J.L.J. Pronk Nicolai Petrovsky and Adrian Ritz Heather Getha-Taylor and Alexa Haddock-Bigwarfe Emil Inauen Donald Nordberg Margit Osterloh Fabian Homberg, Vurain Tabvuma and Klaus Heine Valid until 30 November 2014. Submit your research now! EBHRM welcomes submissions with an empirical focus from areas of human resource management, labor economics, welfare studies, personnel economics, applied psychology, leadership, human resource development, and organizational studies. |