scholarly journals E-GOVERNMENT SERVICE ADOPTION THROUGH THE LENS OF THE KNOWLEDGE GAP

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-197
Author(s):  
Mihály Csótó
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Knowledge Gap ◽  
Opinion Survey ◽  
Government Service ◽  
Service Adoption ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Good State ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Channel Preferences

The aim of the paper is to raise some issues in relation to the technology adoption-based e-government acceptance models and that the knowledge gap theory can  be applied to the use of online public administration services: higher status equals not only wider and more sophisticated usage of ICT tools, but also more  knowledge about public administration procedures themselves, which can result in various channel-preferences and routines among the users of different public services. Using data from the multivariable Good State Public Administration  Opinion Survey, the paper shows that the knowledge gap clearly exists in terms of  public administration-related knowledge. Based on this finding, the paper  recommends that the currently marginally used ‘necessary knowledge about  public administration procedures’ factor should be more widely incorporated in e- government adoption models, as it can have a significant effect on adoption, or alter the effect of other constructs in these models. 

Sociodemographic Influences in the Prediction of Attitudes toward Transracial Adoption

2000 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Doty Hollingsworth
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Transracial Adoption ◽  
Opinion Survey ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Caucasian Men ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Age Category

An exploratory study of attitudes toward transracial adoption was conducted, using data from a 1991 national telephone opinion survey of 916 respondents. Seventy-one percent of those surveyed believed that race should not be a factor in who should be allowed to adopt a child. However, in a logistic regression analysis, respondents in the highest age category (i.e., those older than 64 years) were 63% less likely to approve of transracial adoption, compared with 18- to 29-year-olds. There was also an interaction of race and sex. African-American women were 84% less likely than African-American men to approve of transracial adoption. Compared with African-American men, Caucasian men were 72% less likely to approve. The importance of considering subpopulation differences in applying such findings to adoption policy, research, and practice is discussed.

scholarly journals Work and the Diaspora: Locating Irish Workers in the British Labour Market

2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrietta O'Connor ◽  
John Goodwin
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Qualitative Change ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
The Past ◽  
British Labour ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Uk

Irish migrant workers still make a significant contribution to the UK labour force, but this contribution is confined to particular occupation and industry groups. This paper begins with a brief review of the literature on Irish workers employment and an argument is developed that the work of Irish-born people in Britain is still both racialised and gendered. Then, using data from the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), the work experiences of over one thousand Irish-born people in the UK are explored. The findings suggest that Irish-born men and women still work in the stereotyped occupations of the past. For example, most women work in public administration and health while twenty six per cent of men work in construction. The majority of Irish-born men work in manual skilled or unskilled jobs. The paper concludes that there has been no real qualitative change in the way that Irish-born workers experience employment in the UK.

A two-stage structural equation modeling-neural network approach for understanding and predicting the determinants of m-government service adoption

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shamim Talukder ◽  
Raymond Chiong ◽  
Sandeep Dhakal ◽  
Golam Sorwar ◽  
Yukun Bao
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Government Service ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Adoption ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Performance Expectancy ◽  
And Performance

Purpose Despite the widespread use of mobile government (m-government) services in developed countries, the adoption and acceptance of m-government services among citizens in developing countries is relatively low. The purpose of this study is to explore the most critical determinants of acceptance and use of m-government services in a developing country context. Design/methodology/approach The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) extended with perceived mobility and mobile communication services (MCS) was used as the theoretical framework. Data was collected from 216 m-government users across Bangladesh and analyzed in two stages. First, structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to identify significant determinants affecting users' acceptance of m-government services. In the second stage, a neural network model was used to validate SEM results and determine the relative importance of the determinants of acceptance of m-government services. Findings The results show that facilitating conditions and performance expectancy are the two important precedents of behavioral intention to use m-government services, and performance expectancy mediates the relationship between MCS, mobility and the intention to use m-government services. Research limitations/implications Academically, this study extended and validated the underlying concept of UTAUT to capture the adoption behavior of individuals in a different cultural context. In particular, MCS might be the most critical antecedent towards mobile application studies. From a practical perspective, this study may provide valuable guidelines to government policymakers and system developers towards the development and effective implementation of m-government systems. Originality/value This study has contributed to the existing, but limited, literature on m-government service adoption in the context of a developing country. The predictive modeling approach is an innovative approach in the field of technology adoption.

scholarly journals Similarity analysis of court judgments using clustering of case citation data: a study

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 855
Author(s):  
Disna Davis Kachappilly ◽  
Rupali Sunil Wagh
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Data Clustering ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Retrieval Systems ◽  
Requirements Clustering ◽  
Information Retrieval Systems ◽  
Legal Domain ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Automatic Mechanism

Information retrieval (IR) is an automatic mechanism to extract required information from a collection of unstructured or semi-structured data. IR systems minimize the effort of a user to locate the information based on the requirements. Clustering of documents is carried out as a preprocessing step for filtering irrelevant information in an IR system. Legal domain is a producer as well as consumer of huge in-formation which also contains invaluable legal knowledge and its interpretation. Knowledge based legal information retrieval systems is need of the day. Citation analysis is a technique to find the hidden relationships between the documents and is used for understanding knowledge transfer across various domains and hence becomes very important in legal domain. In this study, similarities among documents are analyzed using data clustering when applied on data of citations in court judgments.

Students' opinion survey on the use of ICT tools

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 230 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Juan Castro Sánchez ◽  
Elena Chirino Alemán
Keyword(s):  
Opinion Survey ◽  
Ict Tools

Monitoring Students´ Knowledge of Mathematics in the Siberian Branch of Ranepa

10.12737/5738 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 29-33
Author(s):  
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Elena Kolyman ◽  
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Evgeniy Rapotsevich
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
National Economy ◽  
First Year ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Test Results ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Siberian Branch ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Entrance Test ◽  
State Examination

This paper considers theconcept of qualityeducationand modern ways ofitsdiagnosis,such asthe Unified State Examination (GPA) and the FederalInternet- based Exam in vocational education. The dynamics of the GPA on mathematics in Russia and Novosibirsk Region during last two years are analyzedin order to estimate the effectiveness of using GPA as a knowledge quality indicator.The paper delivers results of assessment of residual school mathematical knowledge based on the entrance test results among incoming first-year students (specialties: Public and Municipal Administration, Human Resource Management) of Siberian Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Siberian Branch of RANEPA). Empirical material of the main sections of school Mathematics is provided and the correlation between the entrance test results and the results of the Unified State Examination is assessed. The conclusion is drawn that the results of the Unified State Examination arenot objective indicators of the incoming first-year students� knowledge of Maths. It is shownthat the FederalInternet-based Examin vocational educationhasa number of disadvantages, removal of whichwill affect itsobjectivity. The authors discussandanalyze the results ofthe FederalInternet-based Exam on Mathematics of studentsof Siberian Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Siberian Branch of RANEPA). The hypothesis regarding possible reasons of current situation is put forward and steps to be taken for improving student assimilation of Mathematics and Natural Science of Bachelor�s Degree programs are described.

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