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Power distance and users behavior towards the adoption of m-Government services in Tanzania: a web analytics study

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dc.creator Ishengoma, Fredrick Romanus
dc.creator Mselle, Leonard
dc.creator Mongi, Hector
dc.date 2021-05-19T08:36:18Z
dc.date 2021-05-19T08:36:18Z
dc.date 2019
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T13:47:45Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T13:47:45Z
dc.identifier Fredrick, I., Leonard, M., & Hector, M. (2019). Power distance and users Behavior towards the adoption of m-Government services in Tanzania: a web analytics study. International Journal of Open Information Technologies, 7(9).
dc.identifier 2307-8162
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3140
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3140
dc.description Abstract. Full text article available at http://injoit.org/index.php/j1/article/view/786
dc.description Citizens adoption of m-Government services can be achieved through voluntary or mandatory settings. In Tanzania, some government authorities have chosen mandatory adoption approach in order to increase adoption rate, efficiency, and reduce the costs of public administration. One of the crucial dimensions of mandatory adoption is power distance (PD). Literature review, mostly from developed countries, have shown contradicting results on the role of PD towards the adoption of m-Government services. Meanwhile, there is a lack of research studies from African developing countries. This research seeks to fill this gap by examining if PD is a success factor towards the adoption of m-Government services and model users’ behaviors. The study analyzed the 1-year transactions logs that cover before and after the mandatory electronic payment system is adopted. Furthermore, the study analyzed the 1-year traffic of data from government recruitment agency by using web analytics to understand users’ pattern. Findings show that PD is a significant success factor in the adoption of m-Government services in Tanzania. The study also reveals the existence of flash effect (FE) pattern. Finally, the study proposes a Flash Event Mitigation Algorithm (FEMA) to mitigate the impact of the FEs on m-Government services.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Open Information Technologies Lab (OIT Lab)
dc.subject Power distance
dc.subject Users behavior
dc.subject M-Government
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.subject Public administration
dc.subject Mitigation algorithm
dc.subject Government services
dc.title Power distance and users behavior towards the adoption of m-Government services in Tanzania: a web analytics study
dc.type Article


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