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

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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

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