Factors Influencing the Adoption of Open Government Data in The Public Sector: A Systematic Literature Review

The use of open government data by governments can create opportunities and drive the digital transformation of the public sector. However, there is no integrative measure that assesses the factors that enable public organizations to effectively utilize open government data. The objective of this research was to develop and validate an instrument to assess the factors related to value generation from the use of open government data in the public sector. The construction of the scale was a three-step process. First, the items were structured. Next, a pilot study was performed. Lastly, the instrument was validated. The results indicate that the measure of value generation from the use of open government data is a multidimensional construct, which presents promising implications for future research. This study contributes by developing an instrument that can serve as an analysis tool that will aid public managers who are interested in utilizing open government data.

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Utilization of open government data: A systematic literature review of types, conditions, effects and users

Information Polity ◽

10.3233/ip-160012 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 1-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 60

Author(s):

Igbal Safarov ◽

Albert Meijer ◽

Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Open Government ◽

Open Government Data ◽

Government Data

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The challenges presented to records management by open government data in the public sector in England

Records Management Journal ◽

10.1108/rmj-09-2016-0034 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 149-158 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Katherine Mary Chorley

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Open Government ◽

Published Data ◽

Records Management ◽

Content Type ◽

The Public ◽

Hospital Trust ◽

Open Government Data ◽

Government Data

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges that open government data initiatives present to records management within the public sector in England and to identify areas of practice and policy that will need to be developed to ensure compliance with such environments. Design/methodology/approach A review of current literature underpins the analysis of data collected through an anonymised case study of a National Health Service (NHS) hospital trust. Data were collected through a qualitative research in the form of semi-structured interviews with information professionals at the case study site. Additionally, a short descriptive online survey was distributed to the members of a specialist interest group, the Health Archives and Records Group. Findings Open government data presents a series of interconnected practical challenges to records management at a local level as the open government data environment continues to develop. These practical challenges overshadow a number of technical challenges, such as ensuring the accuracy and integrity of proactively published data. Research limitations/implications The main limitation of this research is the small number of interviews conducted during data collection, which limits its capacity to present more generalised findings. Originality/value The case study of an individual NHS hospital trust allows for a specific insight into the challenges that open government data presents to records management within a single operational unit.

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An Approach to Constructing a Knowledge Graph Based on Korean Open-Government Data

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app9194095 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (19) ◽

pp. 4095

Author(s):

Jae-won Lee ◽

Jaehui Park

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Public Sector ◽

Data Driven ◽

Open Government ◽

Knowledge Graph ◽

Data Driven Decision Making ◽

The Public ◽

Open Government Data ◽

Data Platform ◽

Government Data

A data platform collecting the whole metadata held by government agencies and a knowledge graph showing the relationship between the collected open-government data are proposed in this paper. By practically applying the data platform and the knowledge graph to the public sector in Korea, three improvements were expected: (1) enhancing user accessibility across open-government data; (2) allowing users to acquire relevant data as well as desired data with a single query; and (3) enabling data-driven decision-making. In particular, the barriers for citizens to acquire the necessary data have been greatly reduced by using the proposed knowledge graph, which is considered to be important for data-driven decision-making. The reliability and feasibility of constructing a metadata-based open-data platform and a knowledge graph are estimated to be considerably high as the proposed approach is applied to a real service of the public sector in Korea.

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The value and challenges of public sector information

Cosmopolitan Civil Societies An Interdisciplinary Journal ◽

10.5130/ccs.v5i3.3429 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 75-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Maureen Henninger

Keyword(s):

Data Mining ◽

Public Sector ◽

Library Science ◽

Open Government ◽

Current Debate ◽

The Public ◽

Open Government Data ◽

Public Sector Information ◽

New Ideas ◽

Government Data

The aim of this paper is to explore the concept of public sector information (PSI), what it is, its history and evolution, what constitutes its corpus of documents and the issues and challenges it presents to society, its institutions and to those who use and manage it. The paper, by examining the literatures of the law, political science, civil society, economics and information and library science explores the inherent tensions of access to and use of PSI—pragmatism vs. idealism; openness vs. secrecy; commerce vs. altruism; property vs. commons; public good vs. private good. It focusses on open government data (OGD)—a subset of what is popularly referred to as ‘big data’—its background and development since much of the current debate of its use concerns its commercial value for both the private sector and the public sector itself. In particular it looks at the information itself which, driven by technologies of networks, data mining and visualisation gives value in industrial and economic terms, and in its ability to enable new ideas and knowledge. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ccs.v5i3.3429

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Ambiguity in public sector performance measurement: a systematic literature review

Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management ◽

10.1108/jpbafm-09-2020-0167 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Chiara Oppi ◽

Cristina Campanale ◽

Lino Cinquini

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Literature Review ◽

Performance Measurement ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Field Research ◽

Future Research ◽

Academic Journal ◽

Content Type ◽

The Public ◽

Study Results

PurposeThis paper presents a systematic literature review aiming at analysing how research has addressed performance measurement systems’ (PMSs) ambiguities in the public sector. This paper embraces the ambiguity perspective that PMSs in public sector coexist with and cope with existing ambiguities.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a literature review in Scopus and ScienceDirect, considering articles published since 1985, and the authors selected articles published in the journals included in the Association of Business Schools' Academic Journal Guide (Chartered ABS, 2018). Of the 1,278 abstracts that matched the study’s search criteria, the authors selected 131 articles for full reading and 37 articles for the final discussion.FindingsThe study's key findings concern the elements of ambiguity in PMSs discussed in the literature. The study’s results suggest that ambiguity is still a relevant problem in performance measurement, as a problem that is impossible to be solved and therefore needs to be better understood by researchers and public managers. The analysis allows us to summarize the antecedents and consequences of ambiguity in the public sector.Research limitations/implicationsThe key findings of the study concern the main sources of ambiguity in PMSs discussed in the literature, their antecedents and their consequences. The study results suggest that ambiguity exists in performance measurement and that is an issue to be handled with various strategies that can be implemented by managers and employees.Practical implicationsManagers and researchers may benefit from this research as it may represent a guideline to understand ambiguities in their organizations or in field research. Researchers may also benefit from a summary list of the key issues that have been analysed in the empirical cases provided by this research. Social implicationsThis research may provide insights to limit ambiguity and thus contribute to improve performance measurement in the public sector.Originality/valueThis research presents a comprehensive review on the topic. It provides insight that suggests what future research should attend to in helping to interpret ambiguity, considering also what should be done to influence ambiguity.

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Modeling of Open Government Data for Public Sector Organizations Using the Potential Theories and Determinants—A Systematic Review

Informatics ◽

10.3390/informatics7030024 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 24 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Muhammad Mahboob Khurshid ◽

Nor Hidayati Zakaria ◽

Ammar Rashid ◽

Mohammad Nazir Ahmad ◽

Muhammad Irfanullah Arfeen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Public Sector ◽

Open Data ◽

Open Government ◽

Management Support ◽

Top Management Support ◽

Open Government Data ◽

Public Sector Organizations ◽

Potential Benefits ◽

Government Data

Open government data (OGD) has huge potential to increase transparency, accountability, and participation while improving efficiency in operations, data-driven and evidence-based policymaking, and trust in government institutions. Despite its potential benefits, OGD has not been widely and successfully adopted in public sector organizations, particularly in developing countries. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore the theories/frameworks and potential determinants that influence the OGD adoption in public sector organizations. To ascertain the various determinants of OGD adoption in public sector organizations, this study involved a systematic review of already established theories and determinants addressed in the public sector open data domain. The review revealed that the TOE (technology, organization, environment) framework was dominantly employed over theories in the earlier studies to understand organizational adoption to OGD followed by institutional theory. The results, concerning potential determinants, revealed that some of the most frequently addressed determinants are an organization’s digitization/digitalization capacity, compliance pressure, financial resources, legislation, policy, regulations, organizational culture, political leadership commitment, top-management support, and data quality. The findings will enrich researchers to empirically investigate the exposed determinants and improve the understanding of decision-makers to leverage OGD adoption by taking relevant measures.

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