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Zeger van der Wal is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research spans across social sciences, with a significant focus on public administration. Their scholarly output includes 32 publications in the broader field of social sciences, with subfields covering public administration, sociology and political science, political science and international relations, management science and operations research, and strategy and management.

Their main topics of research include public policy and administration, nonprofit sector and volunteering, evaluation and performance assessment, local government finance and decentralization, policy transfer and learning, disaster management and resilience, and public procurement and policy.

The scientist has contributed to a number of academic journals, with the most frequent publication venues being:

  • Public Administration Review
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration
  • Australian Journal of Public Administration
  • Bestuurskunde
  • Public Management Review

Recent papers authored by Zeger van der Wal include:

  • Being a Public Manager in Times of Crisis: The Art of Managing Stakeholders, Political Masters, and Collaborative Networks, 2020, Public Administration Review
  • Public sector innovation in the Asia-pacific trends, challenges, and opportunities, 2020, Australian Journal of Public Administration

They also appear as a coauthor on papers by frequent collaborators such as Assel Mussagulova, Mehmet Akif Demircioğlu, Ola G. El-Taliawi, Sreeja Nair, and M. Shamsul Haque.

Zeger van der Wal's work addresses a range of issues relevant to public sector governance, innovation, stakeholder management, and collaborative networks. Their contributions reflect a sustained engagement with challenges facing the public sector in an Asian-Pacific context and beyond.

Best Publications

  • WHAT ' S VALUED MOST? SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR

    Zeger Van Der Wal;Gjalt De Graaf;Karin Lasthuizen

  • Value Solidity in Government and Business Results of an Empirical Study on Public and Private Sector Organizational Values

    Zeger van der Wal;Leo Huberts

  • From Galaxies to Universe A Cross-Disciplinary Review and Analysis of Public Values Publications From 1969 to 2012

    Zeger Van der Wal;Tina Nabatchi;Gjalt de Graaf

  • The 21st Century Public Manager

    Zeger van der Wal

  • Managing conflicting public values. Governing with integrity and effectiveness

    Gjalt de Graaf;Zeger van der Wal

  • On Value Differences Experienced by Sector Switchers

    Gjalt de Graaf;Zeger van der Wal

  • Competing Values in Public Management

    Zeger van der Wal;Gjalt de Graaf;Alan Lawton

  • “All quiet on the non-Western front?” A review of public service motivation scholarship in non-Western contexts

    Zeger Van der Wal

  • Is Public Value Pluralism Paramount? The Intrinsic Multiplicity and Hybridity of Public Values

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  • Value Solidity. Differences, Similarities and Conflicts between the Organizational Values of Government and Business

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  • Being a Public Manager in Times of Crisis The Art of Managing Stakeholders, Political Masters, and Collaborative Networks.

    Zeger van der Wal

  • Central values of government and business: Differences, similarities and conflicts

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  • Birds of a Feather? The Effect of Organizational Value Congruence on the Relationship Between Ministries and Quangos

    Sandra van Thiel;Zeger van der Wal

  • Public Service Motivation and Ethical Conduct

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  • Confucius Meets Weber or “Managerialism Takes All”? Comparing Civil Servant Values in China and the Netherlands

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  • Central Values of Government and Business: Differences, Similarities and Conflicts<sup>1</sup>

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  • Developing administrative capacity: an agenda for research and practice

    Ola G. El-Taliawi;Zeger Van Der Wal

  • Overlapping values, mutual prejudices. Empirical research into the ethos of police officers and private security guards

    Ronald van Steden;Zeger van der Wal;Karin Lasthuizen

  • Mandarins versus Machiavellians? On Differences between Work Motivations of Administrative and Political Elites

    Zeger van der Wal

  • The content and context of organizational ethics

    Zeger Van Der Wal

  • Public sector innovation in the Asia-pacific trends, challenges, and opportunities

    Zeger van der Wal;Mehmet Akif Demircioglu

  • Returning to Our Roots: “Good Government” Evolves to “Good Governance”

    James L. Perry;Gjalt de Graaf;Zeger van der Wal;Cor van Montfort

  • Comparative Studies in Public Administration : Intellectual Challenges and Alternative Perspectives

    M. Shamsul Haque;Zeger van der Wal;Caspar van den Berg

  • Leadership and innovation: what’s the story? The relationship between leadership support level and innovation target

    Mehmet Akif Demircioglu;Zeger Van der Wal;Zeger Van der Wal

  • Business and Government Ethics in the “New” and “Old” EU: An Empirical Account of Public–Private Value Congruence in Slovenia and the Netherlands

    Dejan Jelovac;Zeger van der Wal;Ana Jelovac

  • Elite Ethics: Comparing Public Values Prioritization Between Administrative Elites and Political Elites

    Zeger Van der Wal

  • Public Values Research in the 21st Century: Where We Are, Where We Haven’t Been, and Where We Should Go

    Zeger Van der Wal

  • What is wrong with job security

    Assel Mussagulova;Zeger van der Wal;Chung-An Chen

  • See No Evil, Hear No Evil? Assessing Corruption Risk Perceptions and Strategies of Victorian Public Bodies

    Zeger van der Wal;Adam Graycar;Kym Kelly

  • Comparative Public Administration in a Globalized World : Moving Beyond Standard Assumptions Toward Increased Understanding

    Zeger van der Wal;Zeger van der Wal;Caspar van den Berg;Caspar van den Berg;M. Shamsul Haque;M. Shamsul Haque

  • Small Countries, Big Performers: In Search of Shared Strategic Public Sector HRM Practices in Successful Small Countries

    Zeger Van der Wal

  • Path-Dependent Public Servants: Comparing the Influence of Traditions on Administrative Behavior in Developing Asia

    Zeger Van der Wal;Assel Mussagulova;Chung‐An Chen

  • Ethics in public policy and management: A global research companion

    Alan Lawton;Zeger van der Wal;Leo Huberts

  • Future Business and Government Leaders of Asia: How Do They Differ and What Makes Them Tick?

    Zeger van der Wal

Frequent Co-Authors

Gjalt de Graaf
Gjalt de Graaf Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Alan Lawton
Alan Lawton Monash University
M. Shamsul Haque
M. Shamsul Haque National University of Singapore
Tina Nabatchi
Tina Nabatchi Syracuse University
Sandra van Thiel
Sandra van Thiel Erasmus University Rotterdam
James L. Perry
James L. Perry Indiana University

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