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Investigating Factors Influencing Open Government from a Country’s Perspective

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Open government (OG) has been seen as the act of government facilitating transparency and accommodating citizen and stakeholder engagement for public decision-making. Despite the widespread implementation of open government initiatives, what factors influence open government from a country’s perspective remained unclear. This article investigated socio-technical aspects of open government by looking at five factors: e-government development, freedom of press, innovation capabilities, digital skills, and legal adaptability. This study used secondary data from 137 countries to measure the factors influencing OG globally, employing a multiple regression model. Only digital skills are considered less influential in open government initiatives among all the five factors.

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    Lateef Ayinde, Hanim Maria Astuti, Shezin Hussain & Anisah Herdiyanti

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Ayinde, L., Astuti, H.M., Hussain, S., Herdiyanti, A. (2023). Investigating Factors Influencing Open Government from a Country’s Perspective. In: Sserwanga, I., et al. Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity. iConference 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13971. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1_16

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