The Effects of Psychological Contract Fulfilment and Public Service Motivation on Organizational Commitment in the French Civil Service

International audienceIn a context where French public organizations are confronted with a rise in Hie demand for high-qualiiy services, with limitedfinanciat resources ana with a newform of management basea upon a results cutture , unaerstanding work commitment in the civil service seem,s to be more crucial than ever Committing servants to their public organizatzon is necessary te improve public services qualily. According to Ferry and Wise (1990), public service motivation seems ta be important in explaining organizational commitment in public organizations. Further psychologicat contract and organizationat commitment appear te be signficantty assoctated in public organizations (Coyte-Shapiro and Kesster 2003). This stuay investigates psychotogical contract ana public service motivation as antecedents of organizational commttment using survey responsesfrom 754 civil servants, inctuding police officers. teachers ana servants working in Civil Engineering Administration. According to aie resutts, psychological contract and public service motivation could both exptain organizationat commitment in French public administration. However depending on the form of commitment, public service motivation and psychotogicat contract vary in their predictiv