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- Title
- Online government advice : how to succeed
- Related
- European Conference on Information Systems (18th : 2010) (7 - 9 June 2010 : Pretoria, South Africa)
- Related
- Alexander, Trish; Turpin, Marita and van Deventer, J.P.. European Conference on Information Systems
- Related
- http://web.up.ac.za/ecis/ECIS2010PR/ECIS2010/Content/Papers/0159.R1.pdf
- Publisher
- Pretoria, South Africa : Department of Informatics, University of Pretoria
- Date
- 2010
- Author/Creator
- Li, Manning
- Author/Creator
- Gregor, Shirley
- Description
- Online advisory services have become ubiquitous and are playing a more vital role in people’s lives. From online loan terms exploration to health care eligibility self-assessment, various services are delivered to clients through online advisory tools. Government agencies in particular are offering such services to the public. Due to increased awareness that government service delivery should be “citizencentric”, this study assesses the impact of providing online advisory systems to assist the public. Building on insights from practice and literature, the study utilizes an experiment to empirically examine the key role that effective online advisory tools play in generating a sense of empowerment for the general public. The results of the study reveal that optimized explanation features that suit the cognitive processes of users and the resultant process transparency are pivotal in differentiating the winners from the losers in the online government advisory services arena. Furthermore, having effective online advisory tools empowers individuals, giving them a better sense of control over their future assessment outcome and better perceived power relationships with the government agency to which they are beholden. Finally, this service process leads to improved perceptions of the government agencies’ service provider image.
- Description
- 14 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- IT to empower
- Subject Keyword
- IT services
- Subject Keyword
- intelligent systems
- Subject Keyword
- electronic government
- Subject Keyword
- empowerment
- Subject Keyword
- online advisory service
- Subject Keyword
- online advisory systems
- Subject Keyword
- e-government
- Subject Keyword
- transparency
- Subject Keyword
- government service provider image
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Computing
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/155461
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780620471725
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2009006112
- Language
- eng
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