Factors of Local E-Government Development in Poland: The Case of the Poznań Agglomeration

• Authors: Robert Perdał
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper seeks to analyse factors of e-government development at the local government level in Poland. The analysis proceeded in three stages. In the first, a survey of the literature on the subject was made and a model of factors of e-government development was constructed. In the second, the factors distinguished were operationalised: indicators representing them were constructed. The third stage involved an empirical verification of the model using partial correlation and multiple regression methods; significant factors of e-government development were distinguished at the local government level. The analysis was conducted for a group of 18 communes making up the Poznań agglomeration. It was demonstrated that significant factors of local e-government development in Poland included the level of socio-economic development, inhabitants’ access to ICT, their attitudes and skills, the size of administrative units, attitudes of local authorities and leaders, a vision and a strategy of e-government development, human resources in offices, and the financial situation of a commune.

Keywords

EN

local e-government; development factors; public e-services; Poznań agglomeration; Poland

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Quaestiones Geographicae
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 115-129

Dates

published

2016-06-15

Contributors

author

Robert Perdał

• Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/quageo-2016-0020