Public value of e-Government investments in the developing countries: empirical exploration of the public sector in Kenya

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dc.contributor.advisorKyobe, Michaelen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorOkong'o, Kennedy Odiwuoren_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:50:18Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:50:18Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn private and public sectors, Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become a phenomenal asset of resource in strategic management. In developed countries, ICTs are critical tools in the public sector strategy. In specific, Electronic Government has been identified as one of the major competencies required to re-invigorate governance, enhance performance and reduce red-tape bureaucracies in the public sector, e-Government being the use of ICTs in the transformation of public organizations towards efficient service delivery. Though information systems as a discipline has offered some research outputs on the value and the effects of ICTs in the private sector, similar focus on the public sector or e-Government is relatively thin. While the few existing researches have had a relatively weightier focus on developed countries, the evidence-based empirical studies in information systems that have focused on developing countries have produced contradictory results, hence the need for further research to attempt a re-alignment in this sub domain of e-Government. Therefore, this pursuit departs from most past researches by delving into the effects of e- Government investments using theoretical lenses drawn upon disciplines that are outside the mainstream information systems domain. These include public administration, political sciences and public economics. Using a mixed methods approach, a balanced panel data of Kenya's key ministries for a 10-year period of 2004 to 2014 following the launch of e-Government strategy of 2004, audited national government ministries' expenditures, census data, e-Government spending, consumer price indices, gross domestic products, parameters on governance and other data on public services, this research sought to examine the nature and dimensions of public values that the developing countries derive as a consequence of investment in e-Government.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationOkong'o, K. O. (2016). <i>Public value of e-Government investments in the developing countries: empirical exploration of the public sector in Kenya</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23718en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationOkong'o, Kennedy Odiwuor. <i>"Public value of e-Government investments in the developing countries: empirical exploration of the public sector in Kenya."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23718en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationOkong'o, K. 2016. Public value of e-Government investments in the developing countries: empirical exploration of the public sector in Kenya. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Okong'o, Kennedy Odiwuor AB - In private and public sectors, Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become a phenomenal asset of resource in strategic management. In developed countries, ICTs are critical tools in the public sector strategy. In specific, Electronic Government has been identified as one of the major competencies required to re-invigorate governance, enhance performance and reduce red-tape bureaucracies in the public sector, e-Government being the use of ICTs in the transformation of public organizations towards efficient service delivery. Though information systems as a discipline has offered some research outputs on the value and the effects of ICTs in the private sector, similar focus on the public sector or e-Government is relatively thin. While the few existing researches have had a relatively weightier focus on developed countries, the evidence-based empirical studies in information systems that have focused on developing countries have produced contradictory results, hence the need for further research to attempt a re-alignment in this sub domain of e-Government. Therefore, this pursuit departs from most past researches by delving into the effects of e- Government investments using theoretical lenses drawn upon disciplines that are outside the mainstream information systems domain. These include public administration, political sciences and public economics. Using a mixed methods approach, a balanced panel data of Kenya's key ministries for a 10-year period of 2004 to 2014 following the launch of e-Government strategy of 2004, audited national government ministries' expenditures, census data, e-Government spending, consumer price indices, gross domestic products, parameters on governance and other data on public services, this research sought to examine the nature and dimensions of public values that the developing countries derive as a consequence of investment in e-Government. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Public value of e-Government investments in the developing countries: empirical exploration of the public sector in Kenya TI - Public value of e-Government investments in the developing countries: empirical exploration of the public sector in Kenya UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23718 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/23718
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationOkong'o KO. Public value of e-Government investments in the developing countries: empirical exploration of the public sector in Kenya. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23718en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Information Systemsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherInformation Systemsen_ZA
dc.titlePublic value of e-Government investments in the developing countries: empirical exploration of the public sector in Kenyaen_ZA
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