Prospects of Mortality Salience for Promoting Sustainable Public Sector Management: A Survey Experiment on Public Service Motivation

The United Nations has established 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a global initiative to achieve more sustainable future. Within these goals, SDG16 emphasizes the significance of public sector management, which profoundly influences accomplishment other SDGs. Enhancing service motivation is critical element in advancing management. This study explores potential mortality salience an intervention bolster motivation, aiming provide valuable insights for SDG16. Specifically, investigates varied effects on using survey experiment and employs machine learning techniques. findings reveal significant positive impact motivation. Furthermore, this highlights that prominent organizations characterized by high levels servant leadership extrinsic rewards, well low organization-based self-esteem. These have practical implications fostering management post-COVID-19 pandemic era.