A Cultural E-Government Readiness Model

Abstract

E-Government is defined as a system utilizing the Internet and the world-wide-web for delivering government informa-tion and services to citizens. This system reduces the processing costs, improves service delivery, and increases trans-parency and communication between a government and its citizens. The aim of this paper is to propose a new model to measure the readiness of e-Government according to cultural factors. By assessing to which degree these cultural factors are present/absent in a country and which of them have a significant impact on government readiness, the government will be able to identify their weakness and strength points, then build a preparing plan that can help them to achieve the readiness required toward a successful implementation of the e-Government systems

Role of National Culture on the Use of e-Government Services in Sri Lanka

“…So that, it is reasonable to consider the cultural characteristics when implement new technological innovations like e-government. The most popular and extensively used cultural dimensions are the Hofstede's one [11] did a study on "Adoption of Internet shopping: Cultural consideration in India and Australia". He has used CVSCALE to measure the culture with five dimensions of Hofstede.…”

“…These issues must be addressed not only from technical perspective but also social and cultural perspective [5]. The importance of culture for technology adoption and use in particular for the e-government services has been pointed out in prior studies [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Culture represents how social groups interact with each other and how distinguishes societies, institutes, professions or even countries.…”

“…So that, it is reasonable to consider the cultural characteristics when implement new technological innovations like e-government. The most popular and extensively used cultural dimensions are the Hofstede's one [11] while Reay [31] asserts that cultural dimensions of Hofstede have used extensively in cross-cultural information technology studies. In addition, Reay [31] has pointed out the importance of culture in their study.…”

“…Hence, non-technological factors are very much important. However, few studies have been explored about the cultural influence on the adoption and use of e-government services [10,11]. Thus, culture makes remarkable influence on the acceptance and adoption of new technologies such as e-government services [14][15][16].…”

Characterization of surface discharge as indicator for hydrophobicity evaluation of silicone rubber insulators

“…Thus, the leakage current will be driven to pass through the layer and cause the dry-band discharges. Due to the hydrophobicity loss and the development of discharges, flashover accidents may take place and cause the danger to the safety and reliability of power system [6][7][8]. Therefore, the hydrophobicity performance becomes a main concern in silicone rubber insulators for reducing costs and minimizing risk of damage to people and properties.…”