E-government services involve many stakeholders who have different objectives that can have an impact on success. Among these stakeholders, citizens are the primary stakeholders of government activities. Accordingly, their satisfaction plays an important role in e-government success. Although several models have been proposed to assess the success of e-government services through measuring users' satisfaction levels, they fail to provide a comprehensive evaluation model. This study provides an insight and critical analysis of the extant literature to identify the most critical factors and their manifested variables for user satisfaction in the provision of e-government services. The various manifested variables are then grouped into a model consisting of four main constructs: cost; benefit; risk and opportunity (COBRA) and a measurement scale is developed, tested, refined and validated on a sample group of e-government service users in Turkey. A structured equation model is used to establish relationships among the identified constructs, associated variables and users' satisfaction. The results confirm the COBRA model as a useful tool for evaluating the success of e-government services from citizens' perspective. Keywords: E-government service assessment; Citizen Satisfaction; Structured equation modeling; Scale development Final version is published in Government Information INTRODUCTIONE-government services influence many stakeholders including citizens, government employees, information technology developers, and policy makers. Each stakeholder has different interests and objectives that may have an impact on the success and take-up of egovernment services . In the literature, there have been a large number of models and frameworks to evaluate e-government service success for different purposes or from different perspectives (Jaeger and Bertot, 2010). Although, these models aim to help policy makers and practitioners to evaluate and improve the provision of e-services, little effort has been made to develop a holistic model to evaluate e-government services and their interactions with users (Wang, Bretschneider and Gant, 2005). However, the success of egovernment services is a complex concept, and its measurement should consider multidimensional factors (Wang and Liao, 2008;Irani, Elliman and Jackson, 2007; Irani, Love 3 and Jones, 2008;Weerakkody and Dhillon, 2008). Therefore, in this study, a new conceptual model to measure e-service success from diverse stakeholders' perspectives is proposed.The model development methodology follows a grounded theory approach in which an extensive literature review on existing e-service assessment models is conducted to identify the various fragmented success factors (or key performance indicators, KPIs). The identified KPIs are then classified into four main groups: cost; benefit; risk; and opportunity.Accordingly, users' satisfaction is measured in terms of the cost-benefit and risk-opportunity analysis for engaging with an e-service. This analysis has its ...

Purpose -Despite the wide availability of internet banking, levels of intention to use such facilities remain variable between countries. The purpose of this paper is to focus on e-banking in a country with low intention to use e-banking -Jordanand to explain the slow uptake. Design/methodology/approach -A quantitative method employing a cross-sectional survey was used as an appropriate way of meeting the research objectives. The survey was distributed to bank customers in Amman, Jordan, collecting a total of 328 completed questionnaires. SPSS and AMOS software were used, and multiple regression and artificial neural networks were applied to determine the relative impact and importance of e-banking predictors. Findings -The statistical techniques revealed that several major factors, including perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, security and reasonable price, stand out as the barriers to intention to use e-banking services in Jordan.Originality/value -This study theorizes a series of implications on intention to use e-banking. It draws the attention of Jordanian banks to the full functionality of their e-banking systems, emphasizing positive safety features, which could contribute to changing negative customer perceptions. It also contributes to eliciting the theory of customer value among banks by focusing on how they should properly enhance their use of shared value. Moreover, it will present to managers how e-banking predictors can send meaningful and timely information to customers.

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the research design, methodologies and approaches utilised in electronic government (e‐government) research studies published in the last decade (2000‐2012).Design/methodology/approachA profiling approach is employed to analyse 114 (out of 3,934 from 2000 to 2012) e‐government publications (with specific focus on user satisfaction) including examining variables such as country of research, sample size, type(s) of respondents, data collection methods, and statistical tools and techniques employed.FindingsAmong the research design, methodologies and approaches adopted in the extant e‐government research studies, the quantitative research based approach supported by statistical analysis was the most dominant approach applied by authors in the last decade. Few studies were found to use qualitative‐based approaches such as case studies and interviews.Originality/valueThe prime value and uniqueness of this research lies in presenting the type of research design, methodologies and approaches used in studies that focus on issues surrounding user satisfaction in e‐government research. This has been achieved by synthesising existing publications in Electronic Government: An International Journal (EG), Electronic Journal of Electronic Government (EJEG), International Journal of Electronic Government Research (EJEGR), Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy (TG:PPP), Government Information Quarterly (GIQ), Public Administration Review (PAR), Public Administration: An International Quarterly (PA), Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART), and Local Government Studies (LGS).