Petra van den Bekerom
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. P.E.A. van den Bekerom
- Telephone
- +31 70 800 9500
- p.e.a.van.den.bekerom@fgga.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-0299-5657
Dr. Petra van den Bekerom is an Assistant Professor in Public Management at the Institute of Public Administration, Leiden University, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. At the heart of her research lies the role of public service delivery in promoting equality and ensuring all have access to the services they need. Societies are becoming increasingly complex and diverse, and the way public services are delivered is changing rapidly. Therefore, public services need to be inclusive and representative of the diverse communities they serve. Her research focuses on improving public service delivery through representative bureaucracy, performance management, and network management, often with a special focus on the educational sector. This commitment to equality extends to her teaching as well. She brings a passion for breaking down complex research concepts and methods into clear, understandable terms for students. With over ten years of experience, she has created, coordinated, and delivered a variety of courses across different academic years, utilizing diverse educational methods to engage and empower students.
Dr. Petra van den Bekerom is an Assistant Professor in Public Management at the Institute of Public Administration, Leiden University, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. At the heart of her research lies the role of public service delivery in promoting equality and ensuring all have access to the services they need. Societies are becoming increasingly complex and diverse, and the way public services are delivered is changing rapidly. Therefore, public services need to be inclusive and representative of the diverse communities they serve. Her research focuses on improving public service delivery through representative bureaucracy, performance management, and network management, often with a special focus on the educational sector.
This commitment to equality extends to her teaching as well. She brings a passion for breaking down complex research concepts and methods into clear, understandable terms for students. With over ten years of experience, she has created, coordinated, and delivered a variety of courses across different academic years, utilizing diverse educational methods to engage and empower students.
Before joining Leiden University in 2011, Petra worked as a junior researcher and teacher at Utrecht University’s Department of Sociology (2009-2011). From 2011-2016, she was a PhD candidate and academic teacher at Leiden University’s Institute of Public Administration. She defended her thesis, titled “Networking and performance in public organizations: A study of primary schools in the Netherlands”, in November 2016. During her PhD research, she was a visiting scholar at the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University (with prof. Kenneth Meier).
As of 2016, she is employed as an Assistant Professor of Public Management at Leiden University’s Institute of Public Administration. Her work has been published in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and Public Administration. She is a co-chair of the new NIG colloquium 'Diversity, Representation, and Inlcusion'. She teaches courses related to social research methods as well as public management.
Assistant professor
- Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
- Instituut Bestuurskunde
- Voet J. van der & Bekerom P. van den (2024), Performance information, expectations and satisfaction with public service delivery in the context of co-production initiatives, Public Management Review : 1 (22).
- Bekerom P. van den & Voet J. van der (2024), Prestatie-informatie en prestatiemanagement. In: Groeneveld S. Voet J. van der (Ed.), Publiek management: Bewegen tussen bestuur en organisatie: Coutinho.
- Staalduinen D.J. van, Bekerom P.E.A. van den, Groeneveld S.M., Franx A., Stiggelbout A.M. & Akker-van Marle M.E van den (2023), Differing professional perspectives on the interprofessional collaboration in IPUs: a mixed-methods Study, International Journal of Integrated Care 23(3): 1-12.
- Staalduinen D.J. van, Bekerom P.E.A. van den, Groeneveld S.M., Stiggelbout A.M. & Van den Akker-van Marle M.E. (2023), Relational coordination in value-based health care, Health Care Management Review 48(4): 334-341.
- Staalduinen D.J. van, Bekerom P.E.A. van den, Groeneveld S.M., Kidanemariam M., Stiggelbout A.M. & Akker-van Marle M.E. van den (2022), The implementation of value-based healthcare: a scoping review, BMC Health Services Research 22: 270.
- Bekerom P. van den & Voet J. van der (2021), Disentangling the perceived performance effects of publicness and bureaucratic structure: A survey-experiment, Journal of Behavioral Public Administration 4(2): 16.
- Bekerom P. van den, Voet J. van der & Christensen J. (2020), Are Citizens More Negative About Failing Service Delivery by Public Than Private Organizations? Evidence From a Large-Scale Survey Experiment, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory : 1–22.
- Doornkamp L., Bekerom P. van den & Groeneveld S. (2019), The individual level effect of symbolic representation: An experimental study on teacher-student gender congruence and students’ perceived abilities in math, Journal of Behavioral Public Administration 2(2): 1-11.
- Bekerom P. van den, Voet J. van der & Christensen J. (2019), Prestatiepercepties van burgers over publieke en private dienstverlening. Den Haag: Universiteit Leiden.
- Schalk J., Bekerom P. van den & Heijden M. van der (2018), Netwerkmanagement. In: Noort W. van, Groeneveld S., Hoek M. van der, Schalk J. & Voet J. van der (Eds.), Publiek management. Bussum: Uitgeverij Coutinho. 101-115.
- Hoek M. van der & Bekerom P. van den (2018), Prestatiemanagement. In: Noort W. van, Groeneveld S., Hoek M. van der, Schalk J. & Voet J. van der (Eds.), Publiek management. Bussum: Uitgeverij Coutinho. 227-242.
- Bekerom P.E.A. van den, Schmidt J.E.T. & Broekema W.G. (2018), Dynamiek en crisis. In: Noort W. van, Groeneveld S., Hoek M. van der, Schalk J. & Voet J. van der (Eds.), Publiek Management. Bussum: Uitgeverij Coutinho. 131-146.
- Bekerom P.E.A. van den, Schalk J. & Torenvlied R. (2017), Transforming input into output: how downward networking mediates the effect of external networking on organizational performance, Public Performance and Management Review 40(4): 625-651.
- Christensen J., Bekerom P.E.A. van den & Voet J. van der (2017), Representative Bureaucracy and Specialist Knowledge in the European Commission, Public Administration 95(2): 450–467.
- Bekerom P. van den, Torenvlied R. & Akkerman A. (2016), Constrained by Red Tape: How Managerial Networking Moderates the Effects of Red Tape on Public Service Performance, American Review of Public Administration 47(3): 300-322.
- Bekerom P.E.A. van den (8 November 2016), Networking and performance in public organizations : a study of primary schools in the Netherlands (Dissertatie. Institute of Public Administration, Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University). Supervisor(s): René Torenvlied, Agnes Akkerman & Vincent Buskens.
- Bekerom P. van den, Torenvlied R. & Akkerman A. (2015), Managing All Quarters of the Compass? How Internally Oriented Managerial Networking Moderates the Impact of Environmental Turbulence on Organizational Performance, American Review of Public Administration 46(6): 639 - 659.