Worker motivation is relevant to public sector leaders because motivated workers are more efficient and productive, demonstrate positive behaviors, and are happier. Scholars have focused on differing approaches on how to incentivise public service employees using extrinsic or intrinsic incentives. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the value and effectiveness of mission valence and other intrinsic means used to influence employee motivation and productivity. Using Festinger'€™s cognitive dissonance theory as a guide, a homogeneous group of key participants was interviewed with the intent of answering research questions. The research questions focused on mission valence deployment and on the incentive preferences of 11 purposely selected members of a public sector executive management team. The study incorporated the Giorgi method of data analysis. Following inductive coding procedures, the findings were synthesised into five themes. Findings suggested that mission valence has theoretical appeal to public service leaders, but the antecedent conditions, such as current mission statements have not been implemented. Thus, mission valence within PSGD is a conceptual intrinsic incentive at this point in time. Public service leaders prefer fluidity in crafting blended extrinsic and intrinsic incentive models that are unique to each employee. Consequently, opportunities exist for development of targeted skills development training to supplement existing leadership skills. This aligns with the implications for positive social change because the findings of this study yielded information concerning social, psychological, and motivational nuances and learning that may shape the next generation of public service leaders.

Bakgrund: Det offentliga näringslivet kännetecknas av att de kombinerar olika institutionella logiker och på sikt blivit kallad för en hybridorganisation. Hybrida organisationer kan förklaras som att de blandar olika element som liknar både den privata och den offentliga sektorn. Hybrida organisationer är väldigt komplexa i förhållande till styrning och ledning. Men om hybrida organisationer lyckas att få det att fungera bra så blir de väldigt konkurrenskraftiga i och med att de lyckats kombinera element från de olika sektorerna. Incitament är studiens huvudfokus, då den är drivande för ekonomin och är essentiell. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att jämföra privata och hybrida energibolags omfattning av yttre-och inre incitament för medarbetarna. Metod: Studien har tillämpat en kvantitativ metod som bygger på en deduktiv ansats där två hypoteser har formulerats baserat på tidigare forskning inom incitamentsteori mellan privata-och offentliga sektorn. Studien tillämpar en kvantitativ innehållsanalys som omfattar att jämföra 30 hybrida och 30 privata energibolags årsredovisningar som operationaliseras för att beskriva omfattningen av redovisning om yttre-och inre incitament för medarbetarna. Slutsats: Studiens resultat visar att det finns samband mellan hybrida offentligt ägda bolag och omfattningen av yttre incitament i årsredovisningar. Sambandet är negativt signifikant korrelerade mellan oberoende variabel och beroende variablerna, yttre ord och meningar. Även en signifikant negativ korrelation mellan inre meningar och oberoende variabeln hittades. Av kontrollvariablerna för storlek visade totala tillgångar och antal anställda en positiv signifikant korrelation med omfattningen av redovisningen. / Background: The public sector is characterized by combining different institutional logics and in the long term being called a hybrid organization. Hybrid organizations can be explained as mixing different elements similar to both the private and public sectors. Hybrid organizations are very complex in relation to governance and management. But if hybrid organizations manage to make it work well, they will become very competitive as they manage to combine elements from the various sectors. Incentives are the main focus of the study, as it is driving the economy and is essential. Purpose: The aim of the study is to compare the extent of private and hybrid energy companies' extrinsic and intrinsic incentives for employees. Methodology: The study has applied a quantitative method based on a deductive approach where two hypotheses have been formulated based on previous research in incentive theory between the private and public sectors. The study applies a quantitative content analysis that includes comparing 30 hybrids public and 30 private energy companies' annual reports that are operationalized to describe the scope of accounting for extrinsic and intrinsic incentives for employees. Conclusion: The study's results show that there is a connection between hybrid publicly owned companies and the extent of extrinsic incentives in annual reports. The correlation is negatively significantly correlated between independent variable and dependent variables, extrinsic words and sentences. A significant negative correlation between intrinsic sentences and the independent variable was also found. Of the control variables for size, total assets and number of employees showed a positive significant correlation with the scope of the accounting.