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VU Research PortalValue Solidityvan der Wal, Z.2008document versionPublisher's PDF, also known as Version of recordLink to publication in VU Research Portalcitation for published version (APA)van der Wal, Z. (2008). Value Solidity: Differences, Similarities and Conflicts between the Organizational Valuesof Government and Business. VU University / Zeger van der Wal.General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright ownersand it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.            • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.            • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain            • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ?Take down policyIf you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediatelyand investigate your claim.E-mail address:vuresearchportal.ub@vu.nlDownload date: 23. May. 2021It’s not hard to make decisions when when you know what your values are Faculty of Social SciencesDissertationValue SolidityZeger van der WalValue Solidity Differences, Similarities and Conflicts Between the Organizational Values of Government and BusinessThis study aims to determine what is valued most in public and private sector or-ganizational decision making. Despite the recent attention to the values and norms that guide organizational conduct and the extent to which these values and norms are intermixing and converging between government and business, not much empirical data is available on which values characterize which sector. The research outcomes show that just as some important classical differences emerge, a number of similarities between the public and private sector appear to result in a common core of organizational values. Furthermore, the data support neither increasing adoption of business values in public sector organizations nor flirtation with public values in the business sector. This result contradicts expectations in the literature on New Public Management and Corporate Social Responsibility, suggesting  public–private value intermixing. Value solidity seems the dominant feature  in both sectors. Additional analysis shows that “publicness,” the extent to which  an organization belongs to the public or the private sector, strongly determines value preferences. Sectoral, organizational and situational factors also strongly influence when, how and to what extent specific values can be and are important in administrative and corporate decision making.	 	Zeger	van	der	Wal	was	a	Ph.D.	candidate	in	the	Department	of	Public	Administration		and	Organization	Science,	VU	University	Amsterdam.	Currently	he	works	as	a	senior	researcher	at	that	same	department.	Value Solidity ISBN-13: 978-90-9022991-1Zeger van der Wal

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Value Solidity 
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the Organizational Values of Government and Business
This study aims to determine what is valued most in public and private sector or-
ganizational decision making. Despite the recent attention to the values and norms 
that guide organizational conduct and the extent to which these values and norms 
are intermixing and converging between government and business, not much 
empirical data is available on which values characterize which sector. The research 
outcomes show that just as some important classical differences emerge, a number 
of similarities between the public and private sector appear to result in a common 
core of organizational values. Furthermore, the data support neither increasing 
adoption of business values in public sector organizations nor flirtation with public 
values in the business sector. This result contradicts expectations in the literature 
on New Public Management and Corporate Social Responsibility, suggesting  
public–private value intermixing. Value solidity seems the dominant feature  
in both sectors. Additional analysis shows that “publicness,” the extent to which  
an organization belongs to the public or the private sector, strongly determines 
value preferences. Sectoral, organizational and situational factors also strongly 
influence when, how and to what extent specific values can be and are important 
in administrative and corporate decision making.
	 	Zeger	van	der	Wal	was	a	Ph.D.	candidate	in	the	Department	of	Public	Administration		
and	Organization	Science,	VU	University	Amsterdam.	Currently	he	works	as	a	senior	
researcher	at	that	same	department.	
Value Solidity 
ISBN-13: 978-90-9022991-1
Zeger van der Wal


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