The impact of participation on Goverment employees' adoption of IT - Empirical research focusing on e-file

Abstract

The progress of information technology over recent decades has led public administrations to digitize most of their business processes. The adoption of IT requires the participation of the government employees in the introduction process. Although participation seen as a key for the success of e-government, very few researches in this field investigate the impact of participation on the adoption of this change. To fill this gap, my research will investigate the influence of participation on the employees ‘adoption of IT. The implications for theory of my research will contribute with new insights into IT-adoption research, especially into the interaction field between the government and its employees (G2E). Furthermore, the implications for practice in form of recommendations should help government to integrate participation into the introduction process of IT intended to achieve better employees ‘adoption.