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Factors affecting citizen adoption of transactional electronic government

Mahmud Akhtar Shareef (School of Business, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Vinod Kumar (Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada)
Uma Kumar (Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada)
Yogesh Dwivedi (School of Business, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK)

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

ISSN: 1741-0398

Article publication date: 8 July 2014

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to identify and model adoption criteria of citizens for electronic-government (eGov) service at the transaction maturity stage.

Design/methodology/approach

The empirical study was conducted among the citizens of Ontario, Canada who have experience of using Canadian e-Gov system.

Findings

From statistical analysis through LISREL, this study revealed that ability to use and assurance to use are the critical factors for adoption of eGov at the transaction phase (GAM-T).

Originality/value

The findings of this research can be considered as original as this paper concludes that eGov functional characteristics are not only different at different levels of service maturity, but adoption factors at different levels of service maturity are also potentially different. From static to interaction to transaction, citizens perceive different factors to be important for creating the behavioral attitude and intention to accept the eGov system and to use it.

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Acknowledgements

The author is truly grateful to respondents who completed the pilot survey. The author would also like to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of the reviewers and the Editor who have provided critical suggestions to improve the quality of the paper.

Citation

Akhtar Shareef, M., Kumar, V., Kumar, U. and Dwivedi, Y. (2014), "Factors affecting citizen adoption of transactional electronic government", Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Vol. 27 No. 4, pp. 385-401. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-12-2012-0084

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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