Repeated Use of E-Gov Websites

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.

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Repeated Use of E-Gov Web Sites

Electronic Government ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-947-2.ch152 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 2007-2025

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.

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Preclinical Evaluation of Haemosorbents

The International Journal of Artificial Organs ◽

10.1177/039139888600900505 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 293-296 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

C.J. Ryan ◽

J.M. Courtney ◽

M. Aslam ◽

D. Falkenhagen ◽

M. Böttcher ◽

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Keyword(s):

Conscious State ◽

Liver Support ◽

Intended Application ◽

Preclinical Evaluation ◽

Extracorporeal Circuits ◽

On Line ◽

Membrane Plasma Separation ◽

Repeated Use ◽

Assessment Procedures ◽

The Relationship

The selection of assessment procedures for the preclinical evaluation of haemosorbents and the relationship between such procedures and the intended application are exemplified by examination of the design and utilization of procedures based on the rat. Procedures are described for haemoperfusion and for membrane plasma separation followed by on-line sorbent treatment of plasma (plasma perfusion). These procedures are suitable for single or repeated use, with the animal in an unrestrained and conscious state. The relevance to the intended application is demonstrated with respect to artificial liver support by the ability of rat extracorporeal circuits to provide information on the relationship between sorbent properties and liver regeneration as determined by the proliferative response following partial hepatectomy.

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The relationship between aviators' home-based stress to work stress and self-perceived performance.

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e445022004-001 ◽

2000 ◽

Author(s):

Edna R. Fiedler ◽

Pam Della Rocco ◽

David J. Schroeder ◽

Kiet T. Nguyen

Keyword(s):

Work Stress ◽

Perceived Performance ◽

Home Based ◽

The Relationship

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Evaluating the Role of Government Collaboration in the Perceived Performance of Community-Based Nonprofits: Three Propositions

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory ◽

10.1093/jopart/muaa059 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

José Nederhand

Keyword(s):

The Political ◽

Network Ties ◽

Community Based ◽

Role Of Government ◽

Perceived Performance ◽

Political Network ◽

And Performance ◽

Nonprofit Collaboration ◽

The Relationship

Abstract The topic of government-nonprofit collaboration continues to be much-discussed in the literature. However, there has been little consensus on whether and how collaborating with government is beneficial for the performance of community-based nonprofits. This article examines three dominant theoretical interpretations of the relationship between collaboration and performance: collaboration is necessary for the performance of nonprofits; the absence of collaboration is necessary for the performance of nonprofits; and the effect of collaboration is contingent on the nonprofits’ bridging and bonding network ties. Building on the ideas of governance, nonprofit, and social capital in their respective literature, this article uses set-theoretic methods (fsQCA) to conceptualize and test their relationship. Results show the pivotal role of the nonprofit’s network ties in mitigating the effects of either collaborating or abstaining from collaborating with government. Particularly, the political network ties of nonprofits are crucial to explaining the relationship between collaboration and performance. The evidence demonstrates the value of studying collaboration processes in context.

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The Animation of Gamers and the Gamers as Animators in Sierra On-Line’s Adventure Games

Animation ◽

10.1177/17468477211025665 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (1-2) ◽

pp. 83-95

Author(s):

Raz Greenberg

Keyword(s):

Video Games ◽

Digital Games ◽

Free Play ◽

Digital Gaming ◽

Adventure Game ◽

Adventure Games ◽

Software Publisher ◽

On Line ◽

The Relationship

Produced throughout the 1980s using the company’s Adventure Game Interpreter engine, the digital adventure games created by American software publisher Sierra On-Line played an important and largely overlooked role in the development of animation as an integral part of the digital gaming experience. While the little historical and theoretical discussion of the company’s games of the era focuses on their genre, it ignores these games’ contribution to the relationship between the animated avatars and the gamers that control them – a relationship that, as argued in this article, in essence turns gamers into animators. If we consider Chris Pallant’s (2019) argument in ‘Video games and animation’ that animation is essential to the sense of immersion within a digital game, then the great freedom provided to the gamers in animating their avatars within Sierra On-Line’s adventure games paved the way to the same sense of immersion in digital. And, if we refer to Gonzalo Frasca’s (1999) divide of digital games to narrative-led or free-play (ludus versus paidea) in ‘Ludology meets narratology: Similitude and differences between (video) games and narrative’, then the company’s adventure games served as an important early example of balance between the two elements through the gamers’ ability to animate their avatars. Furthermore, Sierra On-Line’s adventure games have tapped into the traditional tension between the animator and the character it animated, as observed by Scott Bukatman in ‘The poetics of Slumberland: Animated spirits and the animated spirit (2012), when he challenged the traditional divide between animators, the characters they animate and the audience. All these contributions, as this articles aims to demonstrate, continue to influence the role of animation in digital games to this very day.

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