Evaluating and Designing Electronic Government for the Future: Observations and Insights from Australia

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2011

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Martin, Nigel
Rice, John

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IGI Global Publishing

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This paper uses data from a program of customer interviews and focus group research conducted by the Australian government to develop an electronic services evaluation and design framework. A proven theory building approach has been used to develop and confirm the various components of electronic government (e-government) use and satisfaction from original government studies conducted in Australia and to create the new evaluation framework. Building on the extant e-government literature, the reintroduction of the original data into the framework yielded some emergent observations and insights for future e-government design, including the somewhat paradoxical importance of human contacts and interactions in electronic channels, service efficiency and process factors that impinge on customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction, and a potential growth trajectory for telephony based e-government for older segments of the community.

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Keywords: Australia; Customer satisfaction; Electronic government services; Evaluation framework; Theory building

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International Journal of Electronic Government Research

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Journal article

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2037-12-31