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Overview

Victor Bekkers is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands and works primarily within the social sciences. Their research spans several interconnected subfields, including political science and international relations, public administration, management of technology and innovation, communication, and artificial intelligence.

The main topics explored by Bekkers include public policy and administration research, e-government and public services, innovative approaches in technology and social development, social media and politics, internet traffic analysis and secure e-voting, information systems theories and implementation, and organizational learning and leadership.

Bekkers has published recent research papers in various journals, reflecting a diverse range of interests:

  • "The school as a learning organisation: The concept and its measurement" (2020, European Journal of Education)
  • "Designing to Debias: Measuring and Reducing Public Managers' Anchoring Bias" (2020, Public Administration Review)
  • "Public values assessment as a practice: integration of evidence and research agenda" (2021, Public Management Review)
  • "Adopting microblogging solutions for interaction with government: survey results from Hunan province, China" (2020, International Review of Administrative Sciences)
  • "Valuation tools and politicians' willingness to sell public real estate: a survey experiment" (2021, Public Management Review)

The frequent coauthors in their network include:

  • Arwin van Buuren
  • Margot Hermus
  • Bert George
  • Rowie Huijbregts
  • Rosanna Nagtegaal

Bekkers has contributed multiple papers in key publication venues, notably:

  • Policy Press eBooks
  • Public Management Review
  • European Journal of Education
  • Public Administration Review
  • International Review of Administrative Sciences

This profile underlines Victor Bekkers' focus on socio-political dimensions of public administration and technology, with a particular emphasis on governance, public sector innovation, and the application of information systems theories in public service contexts.

Best Publications

  • A Systematic Review of Co-Creation and Co-Production: Embarking on the social innovation journey

    William Voorberg;Victor Bekkers;Lars Tummers

  • INNOVATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA

    Hanna De Vries;Victor Bekkers;Lars Tummers

  • Coping During Public Service Delivery: A Conceptualization and Systematic Review of the Literature

    Lars L. G. Tummers;Lars L. G. Tummers;Victor Bekkers;Evelien Vink;Michael Musheno

  • Policy Implementation, Street-level Bureaucracy, and the Importance of Discretion

    Lars Tummers;Victor Bekkers

  • The Myths of E-Government: Looking Beyond the Assumptions of a New and Better Government

    Victor Bekkers;Vincent Homburg

  • Innovation in the Public Sector

    Victor Bekkers;Jurian Edelenbos;Bram Steijn

  • The Benefits of Teleworking in the Public Sector: Reality or Rhetoric?

    Hanna de Vries;Lars Tummers;Victor Bekkers

  • Policy Alienation of Public Professionals: Application in a New Public Management context

    Lars Tummers;Victor Bekkers;Bram Steijn

  • Governance and the democratic deficit : assessing the democratic legitimacy of governance practices

    V. J. J. M. Bekkers;Geske Dijkstra;Arthur Edwards;Menno Fenger

  • Innovation in the public sector : linking capacity and leadership

    V. J. J. M. Bekkers;Jurian Edelenbos;Abraham Jan Steijn

  • Legitimacy and democracy: A conceptual framework for assessing governance practices

    Victor Bekkers;Arthur Edwards

  • Social media monitoring: Responsive governance in the shadow of surveillance?

    Victor Bekkers;Arthur R. Edwards;Dennis de Kool

  • EXPLAINING THE WILLINGNESS OF PUBLIC PROFESSIONALS TO IMPLEMENT PUBLIC POLICIES: CONTENT, CONTEXT, AND PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS

    Lars Tummers;Bram Steijn;Victor Bekkers

  • Enhancing Public Innovation by Transforming Public Governance

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  • Self-Organization and the Role of Government: How and why does self-organization evolve in the shadow of hierarchy?

    José Nederhand;Victor Bekkers;William Voorberg

  • New Media, Micromobilization, and Political Agenda Setting: Crossover Effects in Political Mobilization and Media Usage

    Victor Bekkers;Henri Beunders;Arthur Edwards;Rebecca Moody

  • Electronic Service Delivery in Public Administration: Some Trends and Issues:

    Victor J.J.M. Bekkers;Stavros Zouridis

  • E-government and the emergence of virtual organizations in the public sector

    Victor Bekkers

  • The Diffusion and Adoption of Public Sector Innovations: A Meta-Synthesis of the Literature

    H de vries;L. Tummers;Victor Bekkers

  • The governance of back-office integration

    Victor Bekkers

  • A metatheory of e-government: Creating some order in a fragmented research field

    Albert Meijer;Victor Bekkers

  • Innovation in the public sector: Towards an open and collaborative approach:

    Victor Bekkers;Lars Tummers

  • Innovation in the Public Sector: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda

    Hanna de Vries;V.J.J.M. Bekkers;Lars G. Tummers

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Tummers
Lars Tummers Utrecht University
Bram Steijn
Bram Steijn Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jurian Edelenbos
Jurian Edelenbos Erasmus University Rotterdam
Mirko Noordegraaf
Mirko Noordegraaf Utrecht University
Sandra van Thiel
Sandra van Thiel Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albert Meijer
Albert Meijer Utrecht University
Louise Stoll
Louise Stoll University College London
Joop Koppenjan
Joop Koppenjan Erasmus University Rotterdam

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