The development in leading e-government articles 2001- 2010: Definitions, perspectives, scope, research philosophies, methods and recommendations. An update of Heeks and Bailur

Christian Østergaard Madsen, Jesper Bull Berger, Mick Phythian

    Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapterArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

    Abstract

    This paper presents a study of the development in leading e-government
    papers from 2001-2010. Inspired by a study by Heeks and Bailur,
    the analysis uses a different sampling method, adds new themes, and focuses on changes over time. Through an iterative process known as template analysis the five most cited papers from each year are analyzed according to themes such as perspectives on the impact and impact causes of e-government, methods used, underlying research philosophies and recommendations. Findings indicate that the papers are still somewhat optimistic regarding the impact of e-government, but no longer as technologically deterministic. Discussions of research philosophies
    start to appear, as do social constructionist studies, although most papers
    are still positivistic. There is an increase in the use of primary data, and some
    movement in focus from infrastructure and services towards citizens. There is
    little development in the discussions of generalization of results and recommendations offered.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationElectronic Government : 13th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, EGOV 2014, Dublin, Ireland, September 1-3, 2014. Proceedings
    EditorsMarjin Janssen
    Number of pages18
    PublisherSpringer
    Publication date1 Dec 2014
    Pages17-34
    ISBN (Print)978-3-662-44425-2
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-662-44426-9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2014
    Event13th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference - Dublin, Ireland
    Duration: 1 Sept 20143 Sept 2014
    Conference number: 13
    http://www.egov-conference.org/egov-conf-history/egov-2014

    Conference

    Conference13th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference
    Number13
    Country/TerritoryIreland
    CityDublin
    Period01/09/201403/09/2014
    Internet address
    SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
    Volume8653
    ISSN0302-9743

    Keywords

    • E-government
    • literature review
    • template analysis

    Fingerprint

    Dive into the research topics of 'The development in leading e-government articles 2001- 2010: Definitions, perspectives, scope, research philosophies, methods and recommendations. An update of Heeks and Bailur'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    Cite this