An Exploratory Study on the Impact of Administrative Traditions on Value Profiles and Value Conflicts of Dutch and Spanish Academic Professionals

Authors

  • Gjalt de Graaf University Amsterdam, Bestuurswetenschap en Politicologie, Hoofdgebouw VU
  • Anne-Marie Reynaers Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Departamento de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales, Facultad de Derecho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.60583/gypp.v32i1.2152

Keywords:

value conflicts, value profiles, administrative traditions, professionalism, international comparison

Abstract

The value profiles of public sector workers and the value conflicts they face are dependent on organizational characteristics, it has been suggested. However, little is known about the influence of administrative traditions on these profiles and conflicts in profes sional settings. Whereas some suggest administrative traditions might be influential, others maintain that professional characteristics determine which values are considered important and which value conflicts are experienced. This exploratory study compares Dutch and Spanish academic teachers in order to empirically assess the extent of any variation in the value profiles and value conflicts of professionals working in the same sector but in countries with different state traditions. The analysis of Q methodological data and interview data (N = 63) reveals similarities as well as differences and suggests that it is an interplay between professional characteristics and a country’s administrative tradition that determines which values are considered to be important and which conflicts are experienced.

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Author Biographies

Gjalt de Graaf, University Amsterdam, Bestuurswetenschap en Politicologie, Hoofdgebouw VU

Gjalt de Graaf (holandés) es catedrático de la VU Universidad Ámsterdam (Países Bajos), en el Departamento de Ciencia Política y Administración Pública. Su investigación se centra en la calidad (y normatividad) de la gobernanza pública, especialmente los valores públicos en conflicto, la integridad de la gobernanza en general y de la educación académica en particular, la influencia de las redes sociales en la gobernanza pública y la denuncia de irregularidades. Ha publicado en revistas de impacto como Public Administration, The American Review of Public Administration y Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, entre otras.

Anne-Marie Reynaers, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Departamento de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales, Facultad de Derecho

Anne-Marie Reynaers (holandesa) es profesora asociada (acreditada como profesora titular desde 2019) de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (España), en el Departamento de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales. Ha sido profesora e investigadora en la Universidad de Ámsterdam y en la VU Universidad de Ámsterdam. Es máster de Investigación de Ciencias de la Administración y de la Organización (Universidad de Utrecht) y doctora en Ciencias de la Administración (VU Universidad de Ámsterdam). Su trabajo sobre valores públicos, consorcios públicos-privados y gestión pública ha sido publicado en revistas internacionales de impacto como Public Administration Review, Regulation & Governance y Public Administration, entre otras.

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de Graaf, Gjalt, and Anne-Marie Reynaers. 2023. “An Exploratory Study on the Impact of Administrative Traditions on Value Profiles and Value Conflicts of Dutch and Spanish Academic Professionals”. Gestión Y Política Pública 32 (1):69-97. https://doi.org/10.60583/gypp.v32i1.2152.

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Vol. 32 No. 1 (2023)

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Gestión y Organización (Management and Organization)

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