What facilitates e-government development? A cross-country analysis. (6th September 2007)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Srivastava, Shirish C.; Teo, Thompson S.H.
• Is Part Of: Electronic government. Volume 4:Number 4(2007)
• Page Start: 365
• Page End: 378
• Publication Date: 2007-09-06
• Subjects: e-government facilitators -- electronic government -- human capital -- technology-organisation-environment -- TOE -- technology -- organisation -- environment -- secondary data -- e-government development -- partial least squares -- PLS; Internet in public administration -- Periodicals; 352.380285467805
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1740-7494

Abstract

There are relatively few empirical studies that analyse e-government development from a global perspective. Using secondary data from 115 countries and the Technology-Organisation-Environment (TOE) as the guiding theoretical lens, we examine the facilitators for e-government development. Our research highlights the importance of national technological and organisational (human capital) contexts for e-government development. Our results also show that national environment (institutional and macroeconomic) is not a significant facilitator for e-government development. Further, post hoc analysis reveals the anomalous significant relationship of public institutions with e-government development in the negative direction. Through this research, we make some important contributions that have implications for researchers, practitioners and policymakers.