Análise literária sobre motivação no serviço público no evento EnANPAD

Abstract

Motivation at work is a subject discussed by many authors, however, motivation in public service is an issue that lacks of data when compared with other studies regarding to motivation. Proceeding from this context, the following study presents an analysis of articles about public service motivation published in Anais dos Encontros da Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração – EnANPAD on the period of 2008 to 2014. Therefore, the study aimed to accomplish a literature review on motivation, identifying the theories that explain public servant’s motivation. Referring to the methodological procedures, the bibliographic method was followed. To collect data, articles published in EnANPAD were selected, thirty five (35) publications containing the words motivation and/or public servant on their titles were found, nevertheless, only eight discussed the selected subject. It was concluded, on this research, that majority of articles are from 2013 and 2014, thereby, they are recent publications, and demonstrate what researchers are studying and what theories are being utilized on the last years to defined what motivates public servants. The studies presented stated the need to amplify the number of research regarding to public service motivation, also, was identified within them, a significant number of theories to explain motivation, knowing that there is no theory that explains all. The main motivational currents found in the articles were: theory of need by Maslow; theory of need by Herzberg; theory of Vroom and intrinsic and extrinsic factors.