Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy: Volume 10 Issue 2

Transforming Government: People, Process, and Policy

Zahir Irani, Muhammad Kamal

Happiness research for public policy and administration

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn

The purpose of this viewpoint is to introduce happiness research for public policy and administration scholars and practitioners. It focuses on what can be useful for the…

Social media as public sphere: a stakeholder perspective

Marius Rohde Johannessen, Øystein Sæbø, Leif Skiftenes Flak

This paper aims to examine major stakeholders’ communication preferences in eParticipation initiatives and discuss how this affects the public sphere. Despite the potential of…

Standardized but flexible information exchange for networked public administrations: A method

Erwin Folmer, Martin Matzner, Michael Räckers, Hendrik Scholta, Jörg Becker

Governmental institutions must cooperate with other organizations across institutional boundaries to achieve high-quality service offerings. The required cooperation may lead to…

Managing deliberation: tools for structuring discussions and analyzing representation

Karin Hansson, Love Ekenberg

In this paper, the authors address the lack of methodologies and tools that support community and consensus processes in online settings while also acknowledging agonistic…

Social development of rules: can social networking sites benefit e-rulemaking?

Hany Abdelghaffar, Lobna Samer

The use of information and communication technologies to provide citizens with the opportunity to give the government their feedback on the rules currently under development is…

Information gems from criminal mines: A data warehouse case study focusing on big-city criminal activity

Mohammad A. Rob, Floyd J. Srubar

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate how existing volumes of big city crime data could be converted to significantly useful information by law enforcement agencies using…

How perceptions of E-participation levels influence the intention to use E-government websites

Lana Bataineh, Emad Abu-Shanab

This study aims to predict the intention to participate (ITP) in public activities by utilizing five levels of e-participation reported in the literature. The study used the…

Breaking through barriers: the impact of organizational culture on open government reform

Erna H.J.M. Ruijer, Richard F. Huff

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of organizational culture on open government reforms by developing a theoretical framework bridging the theory and practice gap.