The institutional and social network perspectives of Government 2.0 adoption

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Abstract

This paper aims to contribute to the discussion of the adoption of Government 2.0 innovation among government agencies through review of literature in institutional theory and social network perspective. Two arguments are proposed in this paper. First, the characteristics of innovation, innovators and network structure mediate the effect of institutional factors. The inherent characteristics of Web 2.0 intensify the pressure of institutional forces in the adoption of Government 2.0. Different adopters will experience different pressure of institutional forces, and therefore the order and the process in which they adopt. Second, the logic of efficiency and legitimacy complement each other in explaining the motivation for adopting and in Government 2.0 adoption, this complementary logic depends on the structural properties and network position.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICEGOV 2011 - 5th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, Proceedings
Pages281-284
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, ICEGOV 2011 - Tallinn, Estonia
Duration: 26 Sep 201128 Sep 2011

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, ICEGOV 2011
Country/TerritoryEstonia
CityTallinn
Period26/09/1128/09/11

Keywords

  • Adoption of innovation
  • Gov 2.0
  • Government 2.0
  • Institutional theory
  • Motivation
  • Social network perspective
  • Web 2.0

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