Electronic Government Maturity: Antecedents and Consequences from a Global Perspective

Abstract

Motivated by the fact that there is a dearth of macro-level quantitative empirical studies, and predicated by the concern that there is a lack of cumulative theoretical development in e-government research to formulate such empirical studies, I investigate the concept of e-government maturity from a global perspective in my dissertation by studying its (1) antecedents; and (2) consequences. Specifically, my dissertation has three essays, which address each of the following questions:

(1) What contextual factors in a country affect its e-government maturity? And, what are the mediating activities through which the contextual factors affect e-government maturity?

(2) Can the effect of one contextual factor impact the relationship of another contextual factor in a country with its e-government maturity?

(3) What are the payoffs of e-government maturity in a country? And, what are the mediating activities through which the value of e-government maturity could be realized?