Ingmar Van Meerkerk
Biographic Data
| ID | 4387263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ingmar Van Meerkerk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ingmar |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Meerkerk |
| SIGNATURE | VAN MEERKERK I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7279-2607 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 144 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Boundary-Spanning Front-Line Workers Going the Extra Mile
While government support can foster community-based initiatives’ (CBIs’) performance, it may also lead to more experienced red tape. This article goes deeper into the role of boundary-spanning front-line workers in mobilizing support and reducing red tape for CBIs. Based on survey research among CBI participants from six Western countries (N = 2331), the results indicate that boundary-spanning front-line workers facilitate CBIs by increasing gove…
Generating and maintaining joint ownership across the collaborative interface in co-creation
Managing inclusive co-creation processes in a superdiverse neighborhood
Boundary spanning for contractual fairness in public infrastructure projects
While the literature on public-private collaboration in large infrastructure projects stresses both contractual and relational governance mechanisms for good outcomes, less attention has been paid to the role of boundary spanners and the way the contract is enforced in practice. This study contributes by bringing in the concept of contractual fairness building on organizational justice theory. It tests the effect of boundary spanning activities o…
Understanding the durability of community enterprises in England. Results of a fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Despite increasing attention on how community enterprises support community well-being and public services, we know little about how durable they are to sustain their activities. Previous research has studied individual conditions for durability, ignoring the intricate interplay between these conditions. Based on literature on community enterprises, we identified five key conditions for durability. Using semi-structured interviews with representa…
Co-production as a strategy for enhanced equal representation in public service delivery
Co-production, in its various forms, may add to urban vitality by giving shape to relationships between governmental institutions and local communities, providing spaces for citizens and active groups of residents to co-produce public services. Although various authors have argued that co-production may empower citizens and lead to enhanced equality in public service delivery (Jo & Nabatchi, 2018; Meijer, 2016; Needham, 2008), empirical evidence …
Enabling boundary spanners in public–private collaboration
Boundary spanners are pivotal in developing effective public–private collaboration in public infrastructure projects. As boundary spanners have to account for different interests, perspectives, and ways of working in public–private collaborations, engaging in boundary‐spanning activities often comes with role stress, which can negatively impact their job performance. However, despite the significant levels of role stress associated with boundary …
Keep going on
During the COVID‐19 lockdowns in the Netherlands, numerous solidarity initiatives emerged, providing relief to those affected by lockdown measures. These initiatives have an important added value for a society under crisis as they provide instant solutions to timely, crisis‐related needs, strengthen connectivity between stakeholders and divide the burdens of the crisis. The durability of these initiatives is however a concern and although the lit…
Institutionalization or interaction
Increasingly, Western local governments are dealing with community‐based initiatives (CBIs) of citizens providing public services. Municipalities possess critical resources CBIs generally lack, including subsidies, buildings, and exposure. There is still little knowledge on CBIs' factors for government support. Therefore, this study adopts an organizational perspective distinguishing among institutionalization (intraorganizational, e.g., organiza…
Citizens in Action, What Do They Accomplish? A Systematic Literature Review of Citizen Initiatives, Their Main Characteristics, Outcomes, and Factors
There are high political and policy expectations of local and voluntary initiatives of citizens collaborating to provide public services themselves. Despite rising attention, existing research lacks systematic knowledge on the actual outcomes of citizen initiatives and on stimulating or hampering factors. Therefore, we present a systematic literature review using the PRISMA approach on citizen initiatives and related terms. The studies show citiz…
Exploring the durability of community enterprises
Despite the growing attention given to community‐based initiatives in the delivery of public services, little is known about their durability. This article focuses on Dutch community enterprises (CEs) as an emerging form of community‐based initiatives in urban regeneration. Due to their self‐organizing and (largely) voluntary character, CEs face considerable governance challenges to sustain activities over time. Based on the literature, we examin…
Boundary Spanners in Public Management and Governance
Boundary spanning behavior is important for both public, non-profit and private organizations to 'survive': to stay relevant in relation to the environment, to innovate, to improve performance and to collaborate in an effective manner, especially in multi-organizational settings. Providing an assessment of factors influencing the work and effectiveness of boundary spanners, and discussing the impact of boundary spanners on different types of outc…
Activating citizens in Dutch care reforms
This study explores the growing interest of governments in co-production and self-organisation by examining the framing of roles and responsibilities of citizens and professionals in care reforms. As in many other western countries, the Dutch welfare state is subject to major reforms, shifting responsibilities back towards society. A qualitative content analysis of policy letters of the Dutch national government shows that newer roles (citizen-as…
Critical Reflections on Interactive Governance
Governments are expected to work wonders on behalf of their citizens and regularly fail to do so. Government bodies from local to national levels are tasked with identifying policy problems and developing and implementing policy solutions. Yet the ways in which governments frame and address problems typically conspire against effective problemsolving. In James Scott’s metaphor, ‘seeing like a state’ is inevitably to see things in a distorted way:…
Handbook on Theories of Governance
Critical Reflections on Interactive Governance
The Evolution of Community Self-Organization in Interaction With Government Institutions
This article deals with the evolution of community self-organization in public administration. Within the literature of interactive governance, increasing attention is being paid to how communities take initiative in dealing with societal issues. However, we know little about the factors contributing to the durability of self-organization. We analyzed three cases of community self-organization in three different countries: the United Kingdom, the…
Connective capacity in water governance practices
The Effects of Media and their Logic on Legitimacy Sources within Local Governance Networks
n \nAlthough theoretical and empirical work on the democratic legitimacy of \ngovernance networks is growing, little attention has been paid to the impact of mediatisation \non democracies. Media have their own logic of news-making led by the media’s rules, \naims, production routines and constraints, which affect political decision-making processes. \nIn this article, we specifically study how media and their logic affect three \ndemocratic legi…
The effects of boundary spanners on trust and performance of urban governance networks
The effects of boundary spanners on trust and performance of urban governance networks
The Evolution of Community Self-Organization in Interaction With Government Institutions
This article deals with the evolution of community self-organization in public administration. Within the literature of interactive governance, increasing attention is being paid to how communities take initiative in dealing with societal issues. However, we know little about the factors contributing to the durability of self-organization. We analyzed three cases of community self-organization in three different countries: the United Kingdom, the…
Boundary Spanners in Public Management and Governance
Boundary spanning behavior is important for both public, non-profit and private organizations to 'survive': to stay relevant in relation to the environment, to innovate, to improve performance and to collaborate in an effective manner, especially in multi-organizational settings. Providing an assessment of factors influencing the work and effectiveness of boundary spanners, and discussing the impact of boundary spanners on different types of outc…
Citizens in Action, What Do They Accomplish? A Systematic Literature Review of Citizen Initiatives, Their Main Characteristics, Outcomes, and Factors
There are high political and policy expectations of local and voluntary initiatives of citizens collaborating to provide public services themselves. Despite rising attention, existing research lacks systematic knowledge on the actual outcomes of citizen initiatives and on stimulating or hampering factors. Therefore, we present a systematic literature review using the PRISMA approach on citizen initiatives and related terms. The studies show citiz…
Activating citizens in Dutch care reforms
This study explores the growing interest of governments in co-production and self-organisation by examining the framing of roles and responsibilities of citizens and professionals in care reforms. As in many other western countries, the Dutch welfare state is subject to major reforms, shifting responsibilities back towards society. A qualitative content analysis of policy letters of the Dutch national government shows that newer roles (citizen-as…
Connective capacity in water governance practices
Exploring the durability of community enterprises
Despite the growing attention given to community‐based initiatives in the delivery of public services, little is known about their durability. This article focuses on Dutch community enterprises (CEs) as an emerging form of community‐based initiatives in urban regeneration. Due to their self‐organizing and (largely) voluntary character, CEs face considerable governance challenges to sustain activities over time. Based on the literature, we examin…
The Effects of Media and their Logic on Legitimacy Sources within Local Governance Networks
n \nAlthough theoretical and empirical work on the democratic legitimacy of \ngovernance networks is growing, little attention has been paid to the impact of mediatisation \non democracies. Media have their own logic of news-making led by the media’s rules, \naims, production routines and constraints, which affect political decision-making processes. \nIn this article, we specifically study how media and their logic affect three \ndemocratic legi…
Co-production as a strategy for enhanced equal representation in public service delivery
Co-production, in its various forms, may add to urban vitality by giving shape to relationships between governmental institutions and local communities, providing spaces for citizens and active groups of residents to co-produce public services. Although various authors have argued that co-production may empower citizens and lead to enhanced equality in public service delivery (Jo & Nabatchi, 2018; Meijer, 2016; Needham, 2008), empirical evidence …
Institutionalization or interaction
Increasingly, Western local governments are dealing with community‐based initiatives (CBIs) of citizens providing public services. Municipalities possess critical resources CBIs generally lack, including subsidies, buildings, and exposure. There is still little knowledge on CBIs' factors for government support. Therefore, this study adopts an organizational perspective distinguishing among institutionalization (intraorganizational, e.g., organiza…
Keep going on
During the COVID‐19 lockdowns in the Netherlands, numerous solidarity initiatives emerged, providing relief to those affected by lockdown measures. These initiatives have an important added value for a society under crisis as they provide instant solutions to timely, crisis‐related needs, strengthen connectivity between stakeholders and divide the burdens of the crisis. The durability of these initiatives is however a concern and although the lit…
The effects of boundary spanners on trust and performance of urban governance networks
Connective capacity in water governance practices
The Effects of Media and their Logic on Legitimacy Sources within Local Governance Networks
n \nAlthough theoretical and empirical work on the democratic legitimacy of \ngovernance networks is growing, little attention has been paid to the impact of mediatisation \non democracies. Media have their own logic of news-making led by the media’s rules, \naims, production routines and constraints, which affect political decision-making processes. \nIn this article, we specifically study how media and their logic affect three \ndemocratic legi…
Critical Reflections on Interactive Governance
Governments are expected to work wonders on behalf of their citizens and regularly fail to do so. Government bodies from local to national levels are tasked with identifying policy problems and developing and implementing policy solutions. Yet the ways in which governments frame and address problems typically conspire against effective problemsolving. In James Scott’s metaphor, ‘seeing like a state’ is inevitably to see things in a distorted way:…
Handbook on Theories of Governance
Critical Reflections on Interactive Governance
The Evolution of Community Self-Organization in Interaction With Government Institutions
This article deals with the evolution of community self-organization in public administration. Within the literature of interactive governance, increasing attention is being paid to how communities take initiative in dealing with societal issues. However, we know little about the factors contributing to the durability of self-organization. We analyzed three cases of community self-organization in three different countries: the United Kingdom, the…
Exploring the durability of community enterprises
Despite the growing attention given to community‐based initiatives in the delivery of public services, little is known about their durability. This article focuses on Dutch community enterprises (CEs) as an emerging form of community‐based initiatives in urban regeneration. Due to their self‐organizing and (largely) voluntary character, CEs face considerable governance challenges to sustain activities over time. Based on the literature, we examin…
Boundary Spanners in Public Management and Governance
Boundary spanning behavior is important for both public, non-profit and private organizations to 'survive': to stay relevant in relation to the environment, to innovate, to improve performance and to collaborate in an effective manner, especially in multi-organizational settings. Providing an assessment of factors influencing the work and effectiveness of boundary spanners, and discussing the impact of boundary spanners on different types of outc…
Activating citizens in Dutch care reforms
This study explores the growing interest of governments in co-production and self-organisation by examining the framing of roles and responsibilities of citizens and professionals in care reforms. As in many other western countries, the Dutch welfare state is subject to major reforms, shifting responsibilities back towards society. A qualitative content analysis of policy letters of the Dutch national government shows that newer roles (citizen-as…
Citizens in Action, What Do They Accomplish? A Systematic Literature Review of Citizen Initiatives, Their Main Characteristics, Outcomes, and Factors
There are high political and policy expectations of local and voluntary initiatives of citizens collaborating to provide public services themselves. Despite rising attention, existing research lacks systematic knowledge on the actual outcomes of citizen initiatives and on stimulating or hampering factors. Therefore, we present a systematic literature review using the PRISMA approach on citizen initiatives and related terms. The studies show citiz…
Institutionalization or interaction
Increasingly, Western local governments are dealing with community‐based initiatives (CBIs) of citizens providing public services. Municipalities possess critical resources CBIs generally lack, including subsidies, buildings, and exposure. There is still little knowledge on CBIs' factors for government support. Therefore, this study adopts an organizational perspective distinguishing among institutionalization (intraorganizational, e.g., organiza…
Keep going on
During the COVID‐19 lockdowns in the Netherlands, numerous solidarity initiatives emerged, providing relief to those affected by lockdown measures. These initiatives have an important added value for a society under crisis as they provide instant solutions to timely, crisis‐related needs, strengthen connectivity between stakeholders and divide the burdens of the crisis. The durability of these initiatives is however a concern and although the lit…
Understanding the durability of community enterprises in England. Results of a fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Despite increasing attention on how community enterprises support community well-being and public services, we know little about how durable they are to sustain their activities. Previous research has studied individual conditions for durability, ignoring the intricate interplay between these conditions. Based on literature on community enterprises, we identified five key conditions for durability. Using semi-structured interviews with representa…
Co-production as a strategy for enhanced equal representation in public service delivery
Co-production, in its various forms, may add to urban vitality by giving shape to relationships between governmental institutions and local communities, providing spaces for citizens and active groups of residents to co-produce public services. Although various authors have argued that co-production may empower citizens and lead to enhanced equality in public service delivery (Jo & Nabatchi, 2018; Meijer, 2016; Needham, 2008), empirical evidence …
Enabling boundary spanners in public–private collaboration
Boundary spanners are pivotal in developing effective public–private collaboration in public infrastructure projects. As boundary spanners have to account for different interests, perspectives, and ways of working in public–private collaborations, engaging in boundary‐spanning activities often comes with role stress, which can negatively impact their job performance. However, despite the significant levels of role stress associated with boundary …
Boundary spanning for contractual fairness in public infrastructure projects
While the literature on public-private collaboration in large infrastructure projects stresses both contractual and relational governance mechanisms for good outcomes, less attention has been paid to the role of boundary spanners and the way the contract is enforced in practice. This study contributes by bringing in the concept of contractual fairness building on organizational justice theory. It tests the effect of boundary spanning activities o…
Boundary-Spanning Front-Line Workers Going the Extra Mile
While government support can foster community-based initiatives’ (CBIs’) performance, it may also lead to more experienced red tape. This article goes deeper into the role of boundary-spanning front-line workers in mobilizing support and reducing red tape for CBIs. Based on survey research among CBI participants from six Western countries (N = 2331), the results indicate that boundary-spanning front-line workers facilitate CBIs by increasing gove…
Generating and maintaining joint ownership across the collaborative interface in co-creation
Managing inclusive co-creation processes in a superdiverse neighborhood
Political science (15 works) · Business (14 works) · Public relations (14 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (12 works) · Corporate governance (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Boundary spanning (6 works) · Government (linguistics (6 works)