TY - GEN
T1 - A systematic review of E-gov research in developing countries
AU - Alryalat, Mohammad
AU - Dwivedi, Yogesh K.
AU - Williams, Michael D.
AU - Rana, Nripendra P.
AU - Lal, Banita
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to systematically analyse the existing body of knowledge on E-government related issues in developing and under-developed countries. In doing so, the paper aims to reveal the current state of theoretical development and rigour within this area. Usable data relating to egovernment research was collected from 158 research articles identified from the ISI Web of Knowledge database, and by manually identifying relevant articles from journals dedicated to electronic government research such as Transforming Government: People, Process, and Policy (TGPPP), Electronic Government, an International Journal (EGIJ), and International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR). Based on our investigation of this extant literature, our findings reveal that generic e-government applications were explored more than any specific applications, and the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was the theory most often utilised to explain research models. It was also found that 'adoption' and 'diffusion' were the most commonly explored themes; the survey was the most frequently applied research method, and access to only one case study, website content, community, organisation, culture, or country were the highly accepted limitations across all the studies. The paper also discussed the limitations of this study and suggests research directions for future researchers.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to systematically analyse the existing body of knowledge on E-government related issues in developing and under-developed countries. In doing so, the paper aims to reveal the current state of theoretical development and rigour within this area. Usable data relating to egovernment research was collected from 158 research articles identified from the ISI Web of Knowledge database, and by manually identifying relevant articles from journals dedicated to electronic government research such as Transforming Government: People, Process, and Policy (TGPPP), Electronic Government, an International Journal (EGIJ), and International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR). Based on our investigation of this extant literature, our findings reveal that generic e-government applications were explored more than any specific applications, and the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was the theory most often utilised to explain research models. It was also found that 'adoption' and 'diffusion' were the most commonly explored themes; the survey was the most frequently applied research method, and access to only one case study, website content, community, organisation, culture, or country were the highly accepted limitations across all the studies. The paper also discussed the limitations of this study and suggests research directions for future researchers.
KW - Applications
KW - Developing region
KW - Electronic government
KW - Themes
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84962723267
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84962723267
T3 - Proceedings of the European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems, EMCIS 2012
SP - 218
EP - 230
BT - Proceedings of the European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems, EMCIS 2012
A2 - Schrodl, Holger
A2 - Ghoneim, Ahmad
A2 - Kamal, Muhammed
A2 - Klischewski, Ralf
PB - Brunel University London Press
T2 - European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems, EMCIS 2012
Y2 - 7 June 2012 through 8 June 2012
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