How to deal with corruption? Examining the roles of e-government maturity,government administrative effectiveness,and virtual social networks diffusion |
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| Institution: | 1. CERIIM, Excelia Business School, France;2. Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait;3. Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071, United States;4. School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, China;5. Research Institute of Banking and Finance, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria;1. Director of the Global Digital Governance Lab, School of Public Administration, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA;2. Department of Public Administration and Policy, National Taipei University, New Taipei City, Taiwan;3. Department of Civic Education and Leadership, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City, Taiwan;4. Department of Public Policy and Management, Shih Hsin University, Taipei City, Taiwan;5. Department of Public Administration and Policy, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA;1. University of Central Lancashire, 12 – 14 University Avenue Pyla, 7080 Larnaka, Cyprus;2. University of Nicosia, 46 Makedonitissas Avenue, CY-2417, P.O.Box 24005, CY-1700, Nicosia, Cyprus;3. Link Campus University, Rome, Italy;4. Paris School of Business, Rue Nationale, Paris, France;5. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Cyprus;6. Accountant at the Treasury of the Republic of Cyprus, Cyprus |
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| Abstract: | The role of e-government in combating corruption is an active area of research in Information Systems (IS). Drawing on the value framework for assessing e-government impact, and grounding our discussion on three theoretical perspectives, namely, (1) technological determinism theory, (2) general deterrence theory, and (3) Habermas’ public sphere perspective, we seek to explore how the diffusion of virtual social networks (VSNs) influences the relationships among e-government maturity, government administrative effectiveness, and corruption in a country. Our analyses based on publicly available archival data substantiate the (1) indirect relationships between e-government maturity in a country and corruption in three branches of its government (i.e., legislature, executive, and judiciary) through government administrative effectiveness, (2) interaction effect of VSN diffusion on the relationship between e-government maturity in a country and its government administrative effectiveness, and (3) interaction effects of VSN diffusion on the relationships between government administrative effectiveness in a country and its corruption dimensions. The key contributions of this research include the establishment of the (1) role of e-government in combating corruption in three branches of the government, and (2) idea of the public sphere in the context of VSN diffusion, and the subsequent exploration of its effects on e-government outcomes of a country. |
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| Keywords: | E-government maturity Government administrative effectiveness Corruption VSN diffusion Public sphere |
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