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Public Administrators' Acceptance of the Practice of Digital Democracy: A Model Explaining the Utilization of Online Policy Forums in South Korea

Public Administrators' Acceptance of the Practice of Digital Democracy: A Model Explaining the Utilization of Online Policy Forums in South Korea

Kim Chan-Gon, Marc Holzer
Copyright: © 2006 |Volume: 2 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 27
ISSN: 1548-3886|EISSN: 1548-3894|ISSN: 1548-3886|EISBN13: 9781615202638|EISSN: 1548-3894|DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2006040102
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Kim Chan-Gon, and Marc Holzer. "Public Administrators' Acceptance of the Practice of Digital Democracy: A Model Explaining the Utilization of Online Policy Forums in South Korea." IJEGR vol.2, no.2 2006: pp.22-48. http://doi.org/10.4018/jegr.2006040102

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Kim Chan-Gon & Holzer, M. (2006). Public Administrators' Acceptance of the Practice of Digital Democracy: A Model Explaining the Utilization of Online Policy Forums in South Korea. International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR), 2(2), 22-48. http://doi.org/10.4018/jegr.2006040102

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Kim Chan-Gon, and Marc Holzer. "Public Administrators' Acceptance of the Practice of Digital Democracy: A Model Explaining the Utilization of Online Policy Forums in South Korea," International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR) 2, no.2: 22-48. http://doi.org/10.4018/jegr.2006040102

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Abstract

The Internet provides a new digital opportunity for realizing democracy in public administration, and this study raises a central question: What factors determine public officials’ acceptance of the practice of digital democracy on government Web sites? We focused on online policy forums among many practices of digital democracy. To gauge public officials’ behavioral intentions to use online policy forums on government Web sites, we examined individual and organizational factors, as well as system characteristics. We administered a survey questionnaire to Korean public officials and analyzed a total of 895 responses. Path analysis indicates that three causal variables are important in predicting public officials’ intentions to use online policy forums: perceived usefulness, attitudes toward citizen participation, and information quality. We discuss implications of this study for practices and theories of digital democracy.

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