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Obstacles toward Adopting Electronic Government in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from Kuwait

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  • Abdullah AL-Mutairi
  • Kamal Naser
  • Fatema Fayez

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The current study provides assessment to the current system of e-government in Kuwait. It also identifies possible obstacles towards promoting effective e-government and what should be done to alleviate these obstacles. A questionnaire survey has been used to achieve the aim of the study. During January and April 2017 the questionnaire was distributed to 275 public sector employees. Of which 200 returned completed resulting in 72% usable response rate. Descriptive statistics was performed together with Mann Whitney test to identify significant difference in the participants’ answers due to their managerial occupation. The study revealed that Kuwait has the required financial resources to adopt an effective e-government system. The participants in the survey indicated that Kuwait lacks an effective infrastructure of information technology and a major proportion of the participants demonstrated that they acquire a low or average level of knowledge and experience in information technology. They consider the current information technology system adopted by the Kuwaiti government is not secured enough to protect public data and information.

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  • Abdullah AL-Mutairi & Kamal Naser & Fatema Fayez, 2018. "Obstacles toward Adopting Electronic Government in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from Kuwait," Asian Economic and Financial Review, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 8(6), pages 832-842.
    • Handle: RePEc:asi:aeafrj:v:8:y:2018:i:6:p:832-842:id:1714
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    Cited by:

    1. Shagufta Aman, 2022. "Transforming Public Sector Through e-Governance: A Case Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Article)," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 61(3), pages 365-398.
    2. Nadeem Ul Haque & Faheem Jehangir Khan (ed.), 2022. "RASTA Local Research, Local Solutions: Technology & Public Service Delivery, Volume III," PIDE Books, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, number 2022:9, December.
    3. Isaac Kofi Mensah, 2019. "Factors Influencing the Intention of University Students to Adopt and Use E-Government Services: An Empirical Evidence in China," SAGE Open, , vol. 9(2), pages 21582440198, June.

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