TY - JOUR

T1 - A replication of “The effects of making public service employees aware of their prosocial and societal impact”

AU - Hansen, Paw Havgaard

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - Recent studies show that simple recall tasks can make public employees more aware of the positive impact they have on others and society. This in turn increases their motivation. However, studies often draw on paid surveyrespondents, such as respondents recruited via Amazon MTurk, resulting in an unfortunate mismatch between test sample and target population. Addressing the need to test recall tasks among real-world public servants, we conducteda wide replication (n = 412) of a recent study by Vogel and Willems. Our findings suggest that the effect sizes of recall tasks are likely relatively smaller when deployed “in the wild.” Based on our findings, we propose three themes fora future research agenda and point practitioners to areas of attention when implementing recall tasks in real-world settings.

AB - Recent studies show that simple recall tasks can make public employees more aware of the positive impact they have on others and society. This in turn increases their motivation. However, studies often draw on paid surveyrespondents, such as respondents recruited via Amazon MTurk, resulting in an unfortunate mismatch between test sample and target population. Addressing the need to test recall tasks among real-world public servants, we conducteda wide replication (n = 412) of a recent study by Vogel and Willems. Our findings suggest that the effect sizes of recall tasks are likely relatively smaller when deployed “in the wild.” Based on our findings, we propose three themes fora future research agenda and point practitioners to areas of attention when implementing recall tasks in real-world settings.

U2 - 10.1111/padm.12913

DO - 10.1111/padm.12913

M3 - Journal article

VL - 101

SP - 352

EP - 365

JO - Public Administration

JF - Public Administration

SN - 0033-3298

IS - 1

ER -