Mellowing with Tenure? Socialization Increases Prosocial Behavior in Public Organizations

Banuri, Sheheryar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8021-0299 and Keefer, Philip (2016) Mellowing with Tenure? Socialization Increases Prosocial Behavior in Public Organizations. In: Experiments in Organizational Economics. Research in Experimental Economics, 19 . Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., pp. 127-140. ISBN 978-1785609640

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Abstract

Recent research suggests that prosocial organizations are likely to have more prosocial employees, and that this match plays a significant role in organization contracting practices and productivity – for example, in government. Evidence suggests that selection plays a role: prosocial employees are more likely to join prosocial organizations. In this paper, we ask whether prosocial behavior increases with tenure in prosocial organizations. Using a unique sample of nearly 300 mid-career Indonesian public officials, we find that subjects with longer tenure in the public sector exhibit greater prosocial behavior.

Item Type:	Book Section
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Environment, Resources and Conflict Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics
Related URLs:	http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	10 Oct 2016 09:04
Last Modified:	18 Jun 2026 21:53
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/60792
DOI:	10.1108/S0193-230620160000019004

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