e-Government adoption model based on theory of planned behavior: Empirical validation

The e-Government phenomenon has become more important with the ever increasing number of implementations worldwide. A model explaining the e-Government adoption and the related measurement instrument – a survey – had been developed and validated in this study. In a post Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) approach, theory of planned behavior (TPB) was extended to fit the requirements of e-Government context. The adoption of student loans service of the higher education student loans and accommodation association of Turkey (KYK) was investigated to obtain data for empirical validation. The instrument was administered to over four-hundred students and partial least squares path modeling was employed to analyze the data. The results indicate that the model was an improvement over TAM in terms of predictive power. The constructs trust, perceived behavioral control and attitudes successfully explained the intention to use an e-Government service. The findings presented in this study provide useful insights for researchers and policy makers when dealing with e-Government services.     

The willingness of e-Government service adoption by business users: The role of offline service quality and trust in technology

Prior e-Government research has paid much attention to e-Government service adoption from the supplier side - the government - while mostly overlooking the user side of e-Government, such as citizens and businesses. While there have been some initial efforts to study citizens in their adoption behavior, few have examined what influences the willingness of businesses in adopting e-Government services. This research attempts to fill this research gap by addressing the following research question: Why are some businesses more willing to adopt e-Government applications to perform transactions with the government than others? The authors argue that the willingness of a business to adopt e-Government depends on the perceived quality of government services through traditional brick and mortar service channels (offline service channels), and the level of trust businesses place in the internet technology itself. Competing hypotheses are developed with regard to the role of perceived quality of offline services on the business user's willingness to adopt e-Government services. Using data obtained from a local district government in Seoul, Korea, the analysis revealed that the willingness to adopt e-Government increased when business users perceived high quality service provision in offline service channels. However, trust in the internet technology itself did not have any significant impact on their willingness. The theoretical and practical implications of the study finding are discussed.     

Assessing citizen adoption of e-Government initiatives in Gambia: A validation of the technology acceptance model in information systems success

The technology acceptance model (TAM) has been used extensively to explain and predict users' acceptance of corporate information technology (IT). With the advancement in IT and the expanding popularity of internet applications in Gambia, e-Government has been a priority factor in rendering government services and in making information more accessible to citizens. This study shows how the TAM and e-Government initiatives would positively impact the Gambian government, despite the cultural differences within the country. This study developed a successful model of the Gambian e-Government system to assist Gambians with more efficient and cost-effective government operations. The study results reveal that the core constructs of the TAM have strong influences on user-intention towards e-Government products. This implies that the Gambian government can potentially utilize this study's TAM findings in other contextual settings to design and promote further implementation of e-Government systems.     

User acceptance of intergovernmental services: An example of electronic document management system

The traditional focus of intergovernmental services research has been on technological development, not on user acceptance; yet user acceptance of intergovernmental services in each electronic government (e-Government) implementation affects the ultimate success of the e-Government project. In the e-Government implementation context, many governments have invested huge amounts of money and manpower to make intergovernmental services both available and user-accepted, although some individuals have no intention of using them. The electronic document management system (EDMS) is the most popular intergovernmental service in the e-Government project. Thus, e-Government researchers need to identify the factors that determine user acceptance of EDMS.     

我国移动图书馆高校用户接受行为影响因素Meta分析

[目的/意义] 针对已有移动图书馆高校用户接受行为影响因素实证研究结果之间的不一致问题，对该领域相关实证研究加以梳理和再分析。以明确影响移动图书馆高校用户接受行为一般性因素在程度和方向上的差异。[方法/过程] 利用元分析方法，通过系统收集与移动图书馆高校用户接受行为相关的实证研究文献，梳理和识别影响移动图书馆高校用户接受行为的关键因素。从移动图书馆的知识内容特征、技术媒介特征、用户个体特征和接受情境特征等4个维度构建移动图书馆高校用户接受行为因素模型。[结果/结论] 研究发现影响我国移动图书馆高校用户接受行为的主要因素为：感知有用性、任务-技术匹配、感知质量、感知易用性、便利条件、个体创新、自我效能、社会影响、主观规范和感知成本等10个因素。其中，感知成本和任务-技术匹配对移动图书馆高校用户接受行为的影响不显著，个体创新和自我效能对移动图书馆高校用户接受行为的影响最大，感知易用性和感知有用性是影响移动图书馆高校用户接受行为最显著的变量。     

Communicating Social Relationships via the Use of Photo-Messaging

The present study applied theories of diffusion, technology acceptance, and uses and gratifications via an exploratory model to explain the photo-messaging behavior of 682 college students. Structural equation modeling results indicate that greater photo-messaging activity within one's social network predicts personal relationship formation and relationship maintenance motives. Relationship maintenance motives had a stronger influence on behavioral intention to adopt photo-messaging than did relationship formation. Technology cluster ownership also predicts perceived ease of use for photo-messaging activity. The technology acceptance model (TAM) conceptualizations were generally supported for photo-messaging.     

Measuring user satisfaction from e-Government services: Lessons from Jordan

User satisfaction is a crucial factor for continual usage of e-Government services and for the success or failure of e-Government projects. The main challenge for Jordanians is what are the key determinants of their satisfaction? This paper aims to identify the key factors that determine Jordanians' e-Satisfaction with Jordan's e-Government services portal. Based on an extensive review of relevant literature, five hypotheses are formulated and five factors are identified (i.e., security and privacy, trust, accessibility, awareness of public services, and quality of public services) that may affect the Jordanians' level of satisfaction towards using the Jordan e-Government portal (www.jordan.gov.jo). Survey data from 400 employees in four universities in the northern region of Jordan were collected and used to test the proposed hypotheses. Based on multiple linear regression and factor analyses, our empirical analysis demonstrates several key findings. These findings indicate the usefulness and importance to unveil the key drivers of e-Satisfaction so as to provide feedback in a set of recommendations that will enable creating e-Government portals which are compatible with citizens' needs, desires, and expectations. They also provide insights for both practitioners and governmental policy-makers to enhance e-Government portals via accounting diverse factors of technical, behavioral, managerial, and motivational aspects. Finally, implications and recommendations of these findings were discussed.     

感知有用与易用对用户移动视觉搜索行为意向的影响分析

[目的/意义]从用户视角研究感知有用与易用性对用户移动视觉搜索行为意向的影响,对于理解用户移动视觉搜索行为、改善与扩展MVS的应用与搜索服务具有积极的指导意义。[方法/过程]基于技术接受模型和移动搜索行为意向影响的相关研究,构建了感知有用性与感知易用性对移动视觉搜索的影响的研究模型,并开展结构方程模型对研究假设进行验证和分析。[结果/结论]结果表明,感知有用性与感知易用性对三种移动视觉搜索应用方式的行为意向均有正向影响作用;同时,两者的影响作用受到用户自身特征、搜索期望以及系统特征等方面的多重作用,且对两者起作用的前因变量不尽相同。     

Effect of perceived ease of use on librarians' e-skills: Basis for library technology acceptance intention

Despite the widespread application of technology in the 21st century, making informed decisions regarding its acceptance in organisations is a function of several factors, particularly in developing countries, due to factors such as rising cost of the information technology infrastructure and low technological exposure. A model that incorporated perceived ease of use (PEOU) and e-Skills to examine librarians' intention for actual library technology acceptance was tested. The correlational research design, along with a multistage sampling procedure, was applied to select samples to reduce the sample to a manageable proportion. Professional librarians and library officers in four university libraries provided the data for the study. Results showed that e-Skill is the model's strongest determinant of technology acceptance intention among librarians. Also, PEOU will significantly moderate librarians' intention towards library technology acceptance when e-Skills are insufficient. From these outcomes, the understanding of the determinants of behavioural intention captured in the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAT) is extended and refined.     

An analysis of African e-Government service websites

In most African countries, compared to any other part of the world, the use of information and communication technologies such as those necessary to provide e-Government services is minimal. The continent was once labeled a “technological desert.” The contributing factors, among others, are lack of infrastructure, low literacy rates, low economic development, and a variety of cultural factors. Despite these obstacles, most African countries have made noticeable progress during the last couple of decades. Almost all African governments now have some presence on the Web, including fully fledged e-Government web portals, albeit in small numbers. However, the current status of e-Government services in African countries is not well documented in detail. We present results of a comprehensive analysis of 582 e-Government service websites with respect to the type of websites, the services and features available, as well as the level of development of e-Government services. We also compute e-Government indexes, produce e-Government rankings, and compare our rankings to previous ones. A clear picture that emerges from our analysis and results is that although progress has been made, there is a long way to go, to bridge not only the North–South divide when it comes to e-Government services but also among the various sub-regions. In addition, recommendations for future researchers regarding e-Government services in Africa are made.     

An empirical study on the impact of quality antecedents on tax payers' acceptance of Internet tax-filing systems

This study used the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to examine taxpayers' acceptance of the Internet tax-filing system. Based on data collected from 141 experienced taxpayers in Taiwan, the acceptance and the impact of quality antecedents on taxpayers' perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEOU) of the system were assessed and evaluated. The results indicated that the model of Internet tax-filing system was accepted with a reasonable goodness-of-fit. Three important findings include the following items. First, TAM proves to be a valid model to explain the taxpayers' acceptance of the Internet tax-filers' system. Meanwhile, PU has created more impact than PEOU on taxpayers' intention to use the system. Second, PU is positively influenced by such factors as information system quality (ISQ), information quality (IQ), as well as perceived credibility (PC). Third, IQ has a positive impact on PEOU. Based on the research findings, implications and limitations are then discussed for future possible research.     

Mobile applications in government services (mG-App) from user's perspectives: A predictive modelling approach

Mobile applications are becoming a preferred delivery method for the government sector and contributing to more convenient and timely services to citizens. This study examines the intention to use mobile applications for the government services (mG-App) in Oman. This study extended the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model by including two constructs namely trust and information quality. Data were collected from 513 mobile application users across Oman. The research model was analysed in two stages. First, structural equation modelling (SEM) was employed to determine significant determinants affecting users' acceptance of mG-App. In the second stage, a neural network model was used to validate SEM results and determine the relative importance of determinants of acceptance of mG-App. The findings revealed that trust and performance expectancy are the strongest determinants influencing the acceptance of mG-App. The findings of this research have provided theoretical contributions to the existing research on mG-App and practical implications to decision-makers involved in the development and implementation of mG-App in in Oman.     

Conception, development and implementation of an e-Government maturity model in public agencies

Governments worldwide are encouraging public agencies to join e-Government initiatives in order to provide better services to their citizens and businesses; hence, methods of evaluating the readiness of individual public agencies to execute specific e-Government programs and directives are a key ingredient in the successful expansion of e-Government. To satisfy this need, a model called the eGovernment Maturity Model (eGov-MM) was developed, integrating the assessment of technological, organizational, operational, and human capital capabilities, under a multi-dimensional, holistic, and evolutionary approach. The model is strongly supported by international best practices, and provides tuning mechanisms to enable its alignment with nation-wide directives on e-Government. This article describes how the model was conceived, designed, developed, field tested by expert public officials from several government agencies, and finally applied to a selection of 30 public agencies in Chile, generating the first formal measurements, assessments, and rankings of their readiness for e-Government. The implementation of the model also provided several recommendations to policymakers at the national and agency levels.     

近距离移动支付用户接受行为研究:基于消费者视角

基于感知价值理论及网络外部性理论,对近距离移动支付的消费者用户接受行为进行研究。通过构建结构方程模型的方法证实影响消费者用户接受该服务的关键因素及作用机理,结果表明感知有用性、便利性、服务交互性和网络外部性对用户感知价值有积极影响,消费者需求程度、创新意识、感知价值对用户接受意向影响较大,感知风险则对用户感知价值和其接受意向具有显著的阻碍作用,而感知成本和服务兼容性对用户行为的影响均不显著。最后,对研究结果、创新点和研究价值进行讨论,提出促进近距离移动支付发展的若干建议。     

用户个性与认知易用性:试析数字图书馆建设过程中的阻碍变革因素

数字图书馆像其他新技术一样,其能否有效使用依托于用户对它的接受度,同时这种接受度又会受到用户对系统易用性认识的影响。新技术的引进应用往往包含某种针对用户的变化,而最近针对阻碍个性变革的现象的发现,以及对其一系列的测评方法的产生,为客观评定阻碍数字图书馆系统变革和对新用户的影响,提供了一个很好的分析平台。以往有研究将个性差异与系统特性作为影响认知易用性的因素,根据这类研究,他们发现阻碍变革不仅是决定认知易用性的一个非常重要的因素,而且会提高对过去技术接受模式的阐释力。     

技术交易中的用户行为与市场策略研究

以技术采纳理论中的UTAUT模型为研究框架,纳入风险认知要素,构建技术市场用户行为分析模型,通过模型中绩效预期、付出预期、社会影响、促成条件和风险认知五个要素系统分析其与技术市场中用户认知和行为的关系,并提出多重整合、市场推广及风险控制三项策略,最后指出技术市场用户行为未来研究的两个方向。     

e-Government readiness: Does national culture matter?

e-Government readiness varies significantly across nations. This research explored the relationship of national culture values and practice to e-Government readiness. Eighteen hypotheses were formulated and tested. With the exception of performance orientation and assertiveness, national culture values and practices correlated negatively and positively with e-Government readiness. In addition, gender egalitarianism, institutional collectivism, performance orientation, and uncertainty avoidance values were found to be key determinants of e-Government readiness. The findings of this research provide a foundation for culturally-based policies and strategies aiming at enhancing e-Government readiness across nations.     

图书馆移动阅读用户接纳行为影响因素研究

[目的/意义]移动互联网技术和信息消费的发展为图书馆移动阅读发展提供了良好条件,研究图书馆移动阅读服务的用户接纳行为影响因素对推动图书馆移动服务功能建设有重要意义。[方法/过程]基于TAM和ISSM,构建图书馆移动阅读影响因素模型,运用问卷调查法和结构方程法,针对典型用户群体发放问卷,进行数据分析。[结果/结论]数据分析结果表明,感知易用性、感知有用性、信息有用性、内部环境质量、外部环境质量均对移动服务阅读使用态度产生正向影响,信息时效性对用户采纳态度不产生影响;用户移动服务阅读使用态度对移动服务阅读采纳行为产生正向影响。分析结果可为我国公共图书馆和高校图书馆了解移动阅读中的用户行为特征,采取相应的转型升级策略起到一定的指导作用。     

个人信息管理工具使用意愿研究——以桌面搜索工具为例

选取桌面搜索工具作为PIM工具的典型代表,从用户视角研究影响用户接受桌面搜索工具的关键因素。采用偏最小二乘（PLS）结构方程模型（SEM）的方法建立用户使用意愿的概念模型,通过问卷调查进行实证分析。结果表明,任务-技术匹配、效率期望、个人差异、感知有用性和感知易用性是影响用户接受桌面搜索工具最为关键的因素,而用户使用过程中的愉快感对工具易用性的影响不大,此外再次验证用户的使用意愿决定其实际使用行为。