Born to Serve? Exploring the Biological and Psychological Bases of Public Service Motivation Using a Discordant Twin Design.

• In Event: Examining Public Service Motivation

Brief Overview

We use a discordant twin design on 1600 twins to explore the relative weight of environment and genetics in shaping individual levels of public service motivation. We propose a framework for combining our results with the current literature.

Authors

• Christoffer Koch Florczak, University of Southern Denmark

• Robert Klemmensen, University of Southern Denmark

• Justin Michael Stritch, Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix

• Ulrich T Jensen, Arizona State University