Diferencias en el servicio público entre profesionales del sector estatal y del sector privado

Abstract

CONDITIONING OF PROJECT PUBLICATION. This study analyzed the differences between intrinsic and extrinsic public service motivations among professionals in the public and private sectors in Ecuador using quantitative methods. The main objective was to provide empirical evidence to strengthen institutional management and improve the public service efficiency. To this end, nonparametric tests were applied to examine the statistical structure of the data. A key contribution of the study is the integration of methods such as Qualitative Comparative Analysis with probabilistic regression models (logit), which made it possible to identify causal configurations and the most significant motivations for public service within each employment sector. Thus, the results show that the public sector is distinguished by two intrinsic motivations such as commitment to the public interest and parental modeling, and two extrinsic motivations, educational level of third grade or higher with older age. In contrast, the private sector did not exhibit motivations as sufficient conditions to explain workers profiles; instead, it was characterized by factors such as not having a degree oriented toward public service, lower levels of civic duty, and the possibility of having a secondary level education or less. In conclusion, the public sector is shaped by prosocial factors grounded in public service vocation, whereas the private sector indicates a pattern of entry into the labor market that is less dependent on public service motivation. Keywords: public service, motivation, intrinsic, extrinsic, public sector, private sector