A Brave New E-World? An Exploratory Analysis of Worldwide E-Government Readiness, Level of Democracy, Corruption, and Globalization

2007 ◽  
pp. 180-202
Author(s):  
Zlatko J. Kovacic
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Government Web Sites ◽  
Telecommunication Infrastructure ◽  
Readiness Level ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter reports research results on the relationship between e-government readiness and its components and the level of democracy, corruption and globalization for 191 countries. A supply-side approach to e-government analysis using data about national government Web sites, telecommunication infrastructure and human capital was taken rather than a demand-side approach, which is based on the real use of e-government Web sites by citizens, businesses and government, or their perceptions of the online services delivery. Statistically significant differences in the level of e-government readiness and its components between three groups of countries classified according to the level of democracy were identified using ANOVA. It was also shown, using correlation and regression analysis, that e-government readiness indices are related to the level of democracy, corruption and globalization.

A Brave New E-World? An Exploratory Analysis of Worldwide E-Government Readiness, Level of Democracy, Corruption, and Globalization

2008 ◽  
pp. 3447-3454
Author(s):  
Zlatko J. Kovacic
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Government Web Sites ◽  
Telecommunication Infrastructure ◽  
Readiness Level ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter reports research results on the relationship between e-government readiness and its components and the level of democracy, corruption and globalization for 191 countries. A supply-side approach to e-government analysis using data about national government Web sites, telecommunication infrastructure and human capital was taken rather than a demand-side approach, which is based on the real use of e-government Web sites by citizens, businesses and government, or their perceptions of the online services delivery. Statistically significant differences in the level of e-government readiness and its components between three groups of countries classified according to the level of democracy were identified using ANOVA. It was also shown, using correlation and regression analysis, that e-government readiness indices are related to the level of democracy, corruption and globalization.

A Brave New E-World? An Exploratory Analysis of Worldwide E-Government Readiness, Level of Democracy, Corruption and Globalization

2011 ◽  
pp. 3704-3720
Author(s):  
Zlatko J. Kovacic
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Government Web Sites ◽  
Telecommunication Infrastructure ◽  
Readiness Level ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

This paper reports research results on the relationship between e-government readiness and its components and the level of democracy, corruption, and globalization for 191 countries. A supply-side approach to e-government analysis using data about national government Web sites, telecommunication infrastructure, and human capital was taken rather than a demand-side approach, which is based on the real use of e-government Web sites by citizens, businesses, and government, or their perceptions of the online services delivery. Statistically significant differences in the level of e-government readiness and its components between three groups of countries classified according to the level of democracy were identified using ANOVA. It was also shown, using correlation and regression analysis, that e-government readiness indices are related to the level of democracy, corruption, and globalization.

Repeated Use of E-Gov Web Sites

2008 ◽  
pp. 2830-2848
Author(s):  
Sangmi Chai ◽  
T. C. Herath ◽  
I. Park ◽  
H. R. Rao
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Service Performance ◽  
Race Difference ◽  
Confidential Information ◽  
Perceived Performance ◽  
Government Web Sites ◽  
Potential Success ◽  
Repeated Use ◽  
Intention To Continue ◽  
The Relationship

The potential success of e-government depends on its citizens adopting online services and the security of those services. However, despite the development and diffusion of a variety of government services on the Internet, little research has been carried out regarding: (1) the impact of perceived confidentiality of a user’s information on his or her intention to use the service; (2) the relationship between intention towards repeated use and satisfaction derived from service performance of government; and (3) the moderating effect of demographic characteristics (gender and race difference) on the relationship between a user’s satisfaction, confidentiality and repeated use intention. This paper develops an integrated framework of intentions towards repeated use with a level of confidential information shared by a user as one factor and e-government satisfaction derived from service performance as another factor. The results suggest that a user’s intention to continue using government Web sites is related to the user’s satisfaction, perceived performance of the Web site and the requirement for confidential information. This research also confirms that gender difference does moderate the relationship between users’ satisfaction levels and repeated use intention. Race difference has an effect on the strength of the relationship between the user’s perceived confidentiality and repeated use intention.

Designing a CRM-Based E-Government Usability Services Framework

2011 ◽  
pp. 57-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Chang
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Government Information ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Government Web Sites ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship

The “electronic government” movement has swept across most countries in the last decade. This movement represents a new paradigm for public services. As we know, traditional public services may be improved in many ways by the Internet. According to the literature reviewed, we found many studies were only focused on how to technically establish Web sites that allow citizens appropriate access to government information. However, few studies paid attention to the relationship management among the different e-government stakeholders. Therefore, the objective of this chapter is to integrate the relationship management among the three groups of stakeholders: the government itself, its citizens and employees. In this chapter, we will examine the literature regarding to the underlying rationale of a successful e-government. Also, an evaluation system for the usability of government Web sites that support relationship management among citizens, government employees and public services are developed and empirically tested.

Gender Sorting and the Glass Ceiling in High-Tech Firms

ILR Review ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto M. Fernandez ◽  
Santiago Campero
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Gender Disparities ◽  
High Tech ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Job Queues

With few exceptions, studies have conceived of the glass ceiling as reflecting internal promotion biases. In this article, the authors argue that glass ceiling patterns can also be the result of external recruitment and hiring processes. Using data on people applying by means of the Internet for jobs at 441 small- and medium-sized high-tech firms, they find evidence that the glass ceiling is produced by both internal and external hiring processes. On the supply side, females are sorted into lower-level job queues than males. On the demand side, screening biases against women also are evident, but a series of “what if” simulations suggest that demand-side screening processes play a comparatively minor role in producing the glass ceiling pattern. These results suggest that bias remediation policies designed to equalize gender differences in hiring chances are likely to be less effective than recruitment and outreach policies designed to improve gender disparities in candidate pools.

The interplay of welfare state policies with supply- and demand-side factors in the production of marginalised part-time employment among women in Germany

2019 ◽  
pp. 245-264
Author(s):  
Birgit Pfau-Effinger ◽  
Thordis Reimer
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Public Firms ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Marginal Employment ◽  
Employment Of Women ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Traditional Structures

In the early 2000s, Germany's Red-Green government introduced a new type of marginal employment in the form of 'Minijob' legislation. In the context of the dualisation strategy of the German welfare state, Minijob legislation has supported firms in extending the secondary segment of marginal jobs. However, Minijobs are associated with particularly low social security and high poverty risks, and these positions are primarily staffed by women. Therefore, the extension of the Minijob system has contributed to the persistence of traditional structures of gender inequality. This empirical study examines how demand and supply side factors interact with welfare state institutions and politics in the production of marginal employment of women in part-time jobs. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we used logistic regression to analyse women's risk of working in Minijobs based on family, educational, biographical and workplace characteristics. The research results identify both supply side and demand side factors as being significant in shaping a situation whereby married women with small children and lower levels of education who work in small, non-public firms are particularly exposed to the risks of marginal employment in Minijobs.

Evidence

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shlomi Dinar ◽  
Ariel Dinar
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Benefit Transfer ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Income Transfer ◽  
Issue Linkage ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Side Payments ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter builds on the empirical results presented in Chapters 3 and 4 that consider the relationship between scarcity, variability and cooperation as well as treaty effectiveness. It also builds on Chapter 5, which examines various arrangements and principles (issue linkage, second-order resources strategies, supply-side solutions, demand-side solutions, income transfer—also regarded as ‘benefit transfer’ or ‘side-payments’—and inter-basin linkages) codified in treaties, by considering other arrangements not yet reviewed. Based on these arrangements and principles, the chapter assesses the effectiveness of a sampling of treaties from a handful of basins. The chapter also includes five case studies to infer the various ways riparian states negotiate treaties under conditions of scarcity and variability. The case studies demonstrate that there are a variety of arrangements developed to deal with water scarcity.

E-Governance in Australian Local Government

2011 ◽  
pp. 2163-2176
Author(s):  
Kevin O’Toole
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Government Web Sites ◽  
New Public ◽  
Using Data

Local government in Australia is under pressure to modernize its structures in the new public management environment, as well as respond to increasing demands from its local electorates for better delivery of services and greater levels of participation in the democratic process. This article analyzes local government’s response to these pressures through its use of information communication technologies (ICT) to execute its broad range of tasks. I begin by discussing e-governance in the light of Chadwick and May’s (2003) three basic models of interaction between the state and its citizens: managerial, consultative, and participatory. Using data collected from an analysis of 658 local government Web sites in Australia together with existing survey research, I analyze the extent to which local government sites fit into the three models. The article then concludes with a discussion of the issues and problems faced by local government in its attempt to develop e-governance, as both an extension of its administrative as well as democratic functions.

Build it! … but what if they don't come?

Info ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Scott Marcus ◽  
Dieter Elixmann
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Broadband Access ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Balanced Approach ◽  
Level Of Use ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to address the issue of demand for broadband access and the specific role that bandwidth plays in this context. The aim is to assess available empirical evidence regarding the dynamics of bandwidth consumption in different countries and to discuss implications for public policy regarding the deployment of ultra-fast broadband infrastructures, in particular vis-à-vis the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE). Design/methodology/approach – The approach adopted uses publicly available empirical data in order to derive patterns of the development of broadband demand in previous years as well as regarding current demand in specific countries. The authors contrast these findings with information on the deployment of broadband infrastructures in these countries. Findings – The relationship between availability of fast broadband and the use of bandwidth by consumers appears to be richer and more complex than many have assumed. Availability of fast broadband does not alone appear to determine the level of use. This suggests that a more balanced approach between supply side and demand side measures is likely to be warranted. Originality/value – The paper provides new evidence on the relationship between the speed of fast broadband infrastructure and its use by consumers.

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