Özet:

The concept of commitment to the public interest is defined as an attitude that generates intrinsic motivation in exhibiting behaviours for the public weal. While performing their duties in their institutions, and at times and places outside of their working hours or workplaces, through their normative attitudes that include responsibility values, citizenship values, public service values, and patriotism, public employees who are committed to the public interest exert an extra effort without expecting anything in return and contribute to the benefit of the society. Commitment to the public interest is a dimension of public service motivation. Public service motivation refers to the predisposition of the individual to serve others by performing what is beneficial for people around them and society, with a reliance on intrinsic rewards over extrinsic rewards. The concepts of public service motivation and commitment to the public interest have not been studied sufficiently in the Turkish literature within the framework of organizational behaviour discipline. The aim of this study is to test the mediating role of person-organization fit in the relationship between the phenomenon of commitment to the public interest and job satisfaction. The data were obtained from 333 participants through the survey technique. The participants were comprised of employees working in a public institution’s different branches in several provinces and districts. According to the findings of the study, person-organization fit was determined to be a partial mediator variable in the relationship between commitment to the public interest and job satisfaction.

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