... in the internet and trust in the government are the significant variables specific to the context of Pakistani society. The results of this study prove that awareness is a significant variable having influence on the citizens' intention to use e‐Government services, either to get information or to perform...

... Cruickshank can be contacted at: p.cruickshank@napier.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Citizen participation Cognition Internet User studies EuroPetition eDemocracy Petitioning Digital democracy E‐participation Self‐efficacy Social cognition A long‐established way...

... in online government? Design/methodology/approach Survey evidence of citizens in the USA and their use of e‐participation is examined using quantitative methods. Findings Citizens were most likely to use e‐participation for management activities. Citizens were much less likely to use the internet...

... on the outcomes of internet transactions between web portals such as “The Guarantor” and millions of remote electors, voting event officials and independent observers (auditors). The paper presents the structure of a state‐scale voting system that collects, processes publishes the results of different election...

...Alexander Prosser; Mohammed Awad; Ernst L. Leiss Purpose The first American internet voting (I‐voting) implementation was in 2000. Since then many attempts and trials have taken place in this field. This paper aims to analyze these various attempts and discuss their benefits and vulnerabilities...

... Group Publishing Limited 2010 Resource sharing Networking Public sector reform Government Internet Case studies The concept of shared service is a core element of public sector reform. Shared service, a strategy relatively new to public administrations, integrates the analysis...

... Limited 2010 Government Innovation Public sector organizations Turkey Internet Communication technologies The use of information technology (IT) has assisted the business practices of the organizations and has caused them to transform the way they operate their businesses and deliver...

... ; Gonzalez et al., 2007 ; Yildiz, 2007). As a result, governments can focus their policies and resources at specific areas of e‐government, and multinationals seeking to invest in technologically innovative countries through tailoring their internet strategies to local conditions can get...

... influential. Design/methodology/approach A survey was administered to elicit citizen perceptions of e‐government services. Findings The results of stepwise regression indicate perceived usefulness, trust of the internet, previous use of an e‐government service and perceived ease of use all have...

... are unimaginable without the preceding organizational innovations (Culbertson, 2004, p. 59 ff ; Lenk, 2000, p. 17 ff ; Morton, 1996, p. 148 ff). It would not, for instance, make any sense to create a modern electronic interface between an administration and its environment by means of an internet portal, when...

...Tony Elliman; George Ryder Purpose Conventional wisdom about the digital divide maintains that per capita income, education, age and access to technology are its main causes and also the main barriers to internet access. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the validity of that claim...