Z. van der Wal

Present: Monday - Friday

Specialization

 Public and Private Sector Values
 Elite Ethics
 Good Governance
 Public Service Motivation
 Professionalism vs. Managerialism
 (Good) Public Management

Research

After obtaining his Master’s degree in Political Science with a specialization in Public Administration from the University of Amsterdam in 2001, Zeger van der Wal (1977) starting working as a policy maker for the Municipality of Amsterdam, and later as a project assistant for a regional government organization. In 2003 he joined the VU University of Amsterdam as a Ph.D. candidate, and he obtained his Ph.D. (cum laude) from this University in 2008.
dr. van der Wal currently works as an assistant professor within the research group ‘Integrity of Governance’ on several research projects that concern the differences, similarities and conflicts between the organizational values of (para)public and business organizations and managers, as well as public service motivation. In 2008, he was awarded the NIG post doc award which will finance an international comparative research project into the values and motivations of top-level public managers and politicians: Elite Ethics (2009-2012).

Zeger is a member of professional organizations in the fields of public administration and business ethics and a Senior Member of the Netherlands Institute of Government (NIG). He has published on the issue of organizational value differences between sectors, as well as on broader administrative ethics, public service motivation and public management issues in national and international journals and books.

Teaching

Publications

Publications (Source: METIS VU)

Scientific publications (refereed, English):

• Van der Wal, Z. (forthcoming). ‘The Content and Context of Organizational Ethics. A Qualitative Assessment of Value Prioritization in Governmental, Not-for-Profit, and Business Organizations.’ Public Administration.
• van der Wal, Z. &  E.J.Th. van Hout (2009). ‘Is Public Value Paramount? The Intrinsic Hybridity and Multiplicity of Public Values.’ International Journal of Public Administration 32 (3): 220-231.
• de Graaf, G. & Z. van der Wal (eds.) (2008-9). Symposium Issue: Research Methods in Administrative Ethics. Perspectives and Techniques. Public Integrity 11 (1): 5-78.
• De Graaf, G. & Z. van der Wal (2008-9). ‘Introduction: The Need for Methodological Rigor and Diversity in Administrative Ethics Research Methods.’ In: de Graaf, G. & Z. van der Wal (eds.) Research Methods in Administrative Ethics. Perspectives and   Techniques. Public Integrity 11(1): 5-8.
• Van der Wal, Z., A. Pevkur & K. Vrangbaek (2008). ‘Public Sector Value Congruence among Old and New EU Member-states? Empirical evidence from the Netherlands, Denmark and Estonia.’ Public Integrity 10(4): 313-329.
• Wal, Z. van der & L.W.J.C. Huberts (2008). ‘Value Solidity in Government and Business. Results of an Empirical Study on Public and Private Sector Organizational Values.’ American Review of Public Administration 38 (3): 264-285.
• Wal, Z. van der & G. de Graaf (2008). ‘On Value Differences Experienced by Sector Switchers.’ Administration & Society 40 (1): 79-103.
• Wal, Z. van der, G. De Graaf & K. Lasthuizen (2008). ‘What’s Valued Most? A comparative empirical study on the differences and similarities between the organizational values of the public and private sector.’ Public Administration 86 (2): 465-482.
• Wal, Z. van der & G. de Graaf (2006-7). ‘The bureaucrat, the Businessperson, and the Perception of Each Other’s Values. Empirical Notions on the Other Sector’s Most Important Organizational Values.’ Public Integrity 9 (1): 45-62.
• Wal, Z. van der, L.W.J.C. Huberts, J.H.J. van den Heuvel & E.W. Kolthoff (2006). ‘Central Values of Government and Business: differences, similarities, conflicts.’ Public Administration Quarterly 30 (3): 314-364.

Scientifc publications (refereed, Dutch):

• van der Wal, Z. (2009). ‘Waardevastheid in Bestuur en Bedrijf. Een empirisch portret van organisatiewaarden in openbaar bestuur en bedrijfsleven.’ Bestuurskunde 18 (2): 84-94.
• Van der Wal, Z. Van Hout, E. J. Th., A.J. Kwak & M. Oude-Vrielink (eds.) (2007). ‘Managers en Professionals. Waarden in een hybride praktijk.’ Bestuurskunde 16 (4): 2-52.
• Van der Wal, Z. Van Hout, E. J. Th., A.J. Kwak & M. Oude-Vrielink (2007). ‘Introductie: Managers en Professionals. Waarden in een hybride praktijk.’ In: Van Hout, E. J. Th., A.J. Kwak, M. Oude-Vrielink & Z. van der Wal (eds.) Managers en Professionals.  Waarden in een hybride praktijk (eds.) Bestuurskunde 16 (4): 2-8.
• Wal, Z. van der (2005). ‘Morele Verwarring in het Openbaar Bestuur.’ Bestuurskunde 14 (3): pp. 13-20.
• Wal, Z. van der (2006). ‘Kernwaarden in Openbaar Bestuur en Bedrijfsleven. Een overzicht van de meest genoemde organisatiewaarden in bestuurskundige en bedrijfskundige literatuur, gedragscodes en onderzoek.’ Beleidswetenschap 20 (2): pp. 48-63.

Book chapter:

• van der Wal, Z. (2009). A Two-Pronged Methodological Approach For Measuring Public and Private Sector Organizational Core Values: The Importance of Content and Context. In: Cox, R. (ed.) Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration. New York: M.E. Sharpe, pp. 212-235.
• Wal, Z. van der & R. van Es (2004). ‘Zoeken naar nieuwe verhoudingen: de Brent Spar.’ In: R. van Es (red.) Communicatie en Ethiek. Organisaties en hun publieke verantwoordelijkheid. Amsterdam: Boom. pp. 86-98.


Book chapter (refereed):

• Maesschalk, J., Z. van der Wal & L.W.J.C. Huberts (2008). ‘Public Service Motivation and Ethical Conduct.’ In: J. Perry & A. Hondeghem (eds.) Motivation in Public Management: The Call of Public Service. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 157-176.


Professional publications:

• L.W.J.C. Huberts, K. Lasthuizen, R. van Steden & Z. van der Wal (2004). ‘Dilemma's van dienders. Workshops over prestatiecontracten, beleidsvrijheid, burgers en gedogen.’ In: B.A.M. van Stokkum en L.G.H. Gunther Moor (red.) Onoprechte handhaving? Prestatiecontracten, beleidsvrijheid en politie-ethiek. Dordrecht: Stichting Maatschappij, Veiligheid en Politie. pp. 91-97.
• Wal, Z. van der & M. Vermeulen (2005). ‘Waarden in het Openbaar Bestuur.’ Openbaar bestuur 15 (4): pp. 2-6.
• Van der Wal, Z. (2005). ‘Er is nog een lange weg te gaan naar duurzaamheid en dienstbaarheid. Waardeoriëntatie manager vooral traditioneel.’ Elan 12: pp. 48-50.
• Wal, Z. van der & L.W.J.C. Huberts (2006). ‘Mode of Must. Integriteit in Bestuur en Bestuurskunde.’ Maatschappij en Politiek 37 (2): pp. 5-7.

Onderzoeksverslag 'What’s Valued Most in Dutch Corporations' 
  
Onderzoeksverslag 'What’s Valued Most in Dutch Government Organizations' 
 

More Information

Research Group Integrity of Governance 
EGPA Study Group on Ethics and Integrity

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