Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
skip to main content
article

Examining the relationships among e-government maturity, corruption, economic prosperity and environmental degradation: A cross-country analysis

Published: 01 December 2013 Publication History

Abstract

There is growing interest in the role and contribution of e-government to the levels of corruption, economic prosperity and environmental degradation of nation states. In this paper, we use publicly available archival data to explore the relationships among them. Results substantiate a significant relationship between (1) e-government maturity and corruption; and (2) e-government maturity, economic prosperity and environmental degradation through the mediating effects of corruption. The findings suggest that while e-government maturity did not contribute to economic prosperity and environmental degradation, its value could be realized indirectly via its impacts on corruption. Our findings contribute to the theoretical discourse on e-government impact by identifying the role of e-government in a country and provide indications to practice on enhancing its economic prosperity and lowering its environmental degradation by managing the levels of e-government maturity and corruption.

References

[1]
Andersen, K.V. and Henriksen, H.Z., E-government maturity models: extension of the Layne and Lee model. Government Information Quarterly. v23 i2. 236-248.
[2]
Ausgov (Australian Government), Better Practice Checklist: Managing the Environmental Impact of Information and Communications Technology, Department of Finance and Deregulation, Australian Government Information Management Office, Parkes ACT, 2007, p. 2600.
[3]
Banerjee, P. and Chau, P.Y.K., An evaluative framework for analysing e-government convergence capability in developing countries. Electronic Government. v1 i1. 29-49.
[4]
Corruption, trade and resource conversion. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. v50 i2. 276-299.
[5]
Barclay, D., Higgins, C. and Thompson, R., The partial least squares approach to causal modeling: personal computer adoption and use as an illustration. Technology Studies. v2 i2. 285-309.
[6]
Baron, R.M. and Kenny, D.A., The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. v51 i6. 1173-1182.
[7]
Barua, A., Kriebel, C.H. and Mukhopadhyay, T., Information technologies and business value: an analytic and empirical investigation. Information Systems Research. v6 i1. 3-23.
[8]
Box, W.J., Sustainability is IT. Pollution Engineering. v34 i1. 13-17.
[9]
Brouthers, L.E., Gao, Y. and Mcnicol, J.P., Corruption and market attractiveness influences on different types of FDI. Strategic Management Journal. v29. 673-680.
[10]
A. Brunetti, Political Variables in Cross-Country Growth Analysis, Working Paper, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1995.
[11]
Carter, T.S., The failure of environmental regulation in New York: the role of co-optation, corruption, and a co-operative enforcement approach. Crime Law and Social Change. v26 i1. 27-52.
[12]
Cassel, C., Hackl, P. and Westlund, A.H., Robustness of partial least-squares method for estimating latent variable quality structures. Journal of Applied Statistics. v26 i4. 435-446.
[13]
Chen, A.J.W., Boudreau, M.-C. and Watson, R.T., Information systems and ecological sustainability. Journal of Systems and Information Technology. v10 i3. 186-201.
[14]
Chen, A.J., Pan, S.L., Zhang, J.L., Huang, W.W. and Zhu, S.M., Managing e-government implementation in China: a process perspective. Information & Management. v46. 203-212.
[15]
Chin, W.W., The partial least squares approach for structural equation modelling. In: Marcoulides, G.A. (Ed.), Modern Methods for Business Research, Lawrence Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ. pp. 295-336.
[16]
Cho, Y.H. and Choi, B., E-government to combat corruption: the case of Seoul metropolitan government. International Journal of Public Administration. v27 i10. 719-735.
[17]
D. Clark S. Gillett, W. Lehr, M. Sirbu, J. E. Fountain, Local Government Stimulation of Broadband: Effectiveness, E-Government, and Economic Development, NCDG Working Paper No. 03-002, 2003.
[18]
Clark, B. and York, R., Carbon metabolism: global capitalism, climate change, and the biospheric rift. Theory and Society. v34 i4. 391-428.
[19]
Collins, L.M., Graham, J.W. and Flaherty, B.P., An alternative framework for defining mediation. Multivariate Behavioral Research. v33 i2. 295-312.
[20]
Cormier, D. and Magnan, M., The impact of the web on information and communication modes: the case of corporate environmental disclosure. International Journal of Technology Management. v27 i4. 393-416.
[21]
Damania, R., Environmental controls with corrupt bureaucrats. Environment and Development Economics. v7 i3. 407-427.
[22]
Information technology and economic performance: a critical review of the empirical evidence. ACM Computing Surveys. v35 i1. 1-28.
[23]
Dewan, S., Ganley, D. and Kraemer, K.L., Complementarities in the diffusion of personal computers and the Internet: implications for the global digital divide. Information Systems Research. v21 i4. 925-940.
[24]
S. Dutta, A. Jain, An Analysis of the Diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies of Nations, The Global Information Technology Report, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005.
[25]
S. Dutta, I. Mia, The Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010, ICT for Sustainability, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland, 2009.
[26]
Elliot, S., Transdisciplinary perspectives on environmental sustainability: a resource base and framework for IT-enabled business transformation. MIS Quarterly. v35 i1. 197-236.
[27]
Flak, L.S., Dertz, W., Jansen, A., Krogstie, J., Spjelkavik, I. and Ølnes, S., What is the value of e-government-and how can we realize it?. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy. v3 i3. 220-226.
[28]
Regression Diagnostics. 1991. Sage, Newbury Park, CA.
[29]
P.G. Fredriksson, D.L. Millimet, Bureaucratic Corruption and Environmental Policy: Theory and Evidence from the United States, Unpublished Manuscript, 2001.
[30]
Fu, J.R., Farn, C.K. and Chao, W.P., Acceptance of electronic tax filing: a study of taxpayer intentions. Information & Management. v43. 109-126.
[31]
Gefen, D., Straub, D. and Boudreau, M.-C., Structural equation modeling and regression: guidelines for research practice. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. v7 i7. 1-78.
[32]
Getz, K.A. and Volkema, R.J., Culture, perceived corruption, and economics. Business & Society. v40 i1. 7-30.
[33]
Goudie, A.W. and Stasavage, D., Corruption: The Issues. 1997. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris.
[34]
Gould, K.A., Pellow, D.N. and Schnaiberg, A., The Treadmill of Production: Injustice and Unsustainability in the Global Economy. 2008. Paradigm Publishers, Boulder, CO.
[35]
Gujarati, D.N., Basic Econometrics. 2003. McGraw-Hill, Singapore.
[36]
Gujarati, D.N. and Porter, D.C., Basic Econometrics. 2009. McGraw-Hill, New York.
[37]
Habib, M. and Zurawicki, L., Country-level investments and the effect of corruption-some empirical evidence. International Business Review. v10 i6. 687-700.
[38]
Haigh, N., Linkages between e-business and sustainability outcomes: an exploratory study. Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice. v6 i2. 236-246.
[39]
E-government and environmental sustainability: results from three Australian cases. Electronic Government, An International Journal. v5 i1. 45-62.
[40]
Hair, J.F., Anderson, R.E., Tatham, R.L. and Black, W.C., Multivariate Data Analysis with Readings. 2006. sixth ed. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
[41]
R. Heeks, Information Technology and Public Sector Corruption, Information Systems for Public Sector Management Working Paper No. 4, Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, CO, 1998.
[42]
Heeks, R. and Bailur, S., Analyzing e-government research: perspectives, philosophies, theories, methods, and practice. Government Information Quarterly. v24 i2. 243-265.
[43]
Jain, A.K., Corruption: a review. Journal of Economic Surveys. v15 i1. 71-121.
[44]
Jarvenpaa, S., Panning for gold in information systems research: second-hand data. In: Nissen, H.-E., Klein, H., Hirschheim, R. (Eds.), Information Systems Research: Contemporary Approaches and Emergent Traditions, Elsevier Science, North-Holland, Amsterdam. pp. 63-80.
[45]
Jorgenson, A.K., Clark, B. and Kentor, J., Militarization and the environment: a panel study of carbon dioxide emissions and the ecological footprints of nations, 1970-2000. Global Environmental Politics. v10 i1. 7-29.
[46]
Judge, W.Q. and Douglas, T.J., Performance implications of incorporating natural environmental issues into the strategic planning process: an empirical assessment. Journal of Management Studies. v35 i2. 241-262.
[47]
Kahuthu, A., Economic growth and environmental degradation in a global context. Environment, Development and Sustainability. v8 i1. 55-68.
[48]
D. Kaufmann, A. Kraay, P. Zoido-Lobotan, Governance Matters, Policy Research Working Paper 2196, The World Bank Development Research Group, Washington, DC, 1999.
[49]
D. Kaufmann, A. Kraay, M. Mastruzz, The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Methodology and Analytical Issues, Draft Policy Research Working Paper, The World Bank Development Research Group, Washington, DC, 2010.
[50]
Putting citizens online, not in line. The McKinsey Quarterly. v2. 65-73.
[51]
Kiecolt, K.J. and Nathan, L.E., Secondary Analysis of Survey Data. 1985. Sage, Beverly Hills, CA.
[52]
Kim, D.Y. and Grant, G., E-government maturity model using the capability maturity model integration. Journal of Systems and Information Technology. v12 i3. 230-244.
[53]
Kim, S., Kim, H.J. and Lee, H., An institutional analysis of an e-government system for anti-corruption: the case of OPEN. Government Information Quarterly. v26 i1. 42-50.
[54]
Klitgaard, R., Controlling Corruption. 1988. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
[55]
Ko, D.-G, Kirsch, L.J. and King, W.R., Antecedents of knowledge transfer from consultants to clients in enterprise system implementations. MIS Quarterly. v29 i1. 59-85.
[56]
Koh, C.E., Prybutok, V.R. and Zhang, X., Measuring e-government readiness. Information & Management. v45. 540-546.
[57]
S. Krishnan, T.S.H. Teo, Moderating effects of environmental factors on e-government, e-business, and environmental sustainability, in: Proceedings of the International Conference of Information Systems, Shanghai, China, 2011.
[58]
Moderating effects of governance on information infrastructure and e-government development. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. v63 i10. 1929-1946.
[59]
Laurance, W.F., The perils of payoff: corruption as a threat to global biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. v19 i8. 399-401.
[60]
Layne, K. and Lee, J.W., Developing fully functional e-government: a four stage model. Government Information Quarterly. v18 i2. 122-136.
[61]
Lio, M.-C., Liu, M.-C. and Ou, Y.-P., Can the internet reduce corruption? A cross-country study based on dynamic panel data models. Government Information Quarterly. v28 i1. 47-53.
[62]
Lopez, R. and Mitra, S., Corruption, pollution, and the Kuznets environment curve. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. v40 i2. 137-150.
[63]
MacKinnon, D.P., Contrasts in multiple mediator models. In: Rose, J., Chassin, L., PressonMacKinnon, C.C., Sherman, S.J. (Eds.), Multivariate Applications in Substance Use Research: New Methods for New Questions, Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ. pp. 141-160.
[64]
Mahmood, R., Can information and communication technology help reduce corruption? How so and why not: two case studies from South Asia. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. v3 i3. 347-373.
[65]
Mauro, P., Corruption and growth. Quarterly Journal of Economics. v110. 681-712.
[66]
Melville, N.P., Information systems innovation for environmental sustainability. MIS Quarterly. v34 i1. 1-21.
[67]
Melville, N., Kraemer, K. and Gurbaxani, V., Information technology and organizational performance: an integrative model of it business value. MIS Quarterly. v28 i2. 283-322.
[68]
Morse, S., Is corruption bad for environmental sustainability? A cross-national analysis. Ecology and Society. v11 i1. 22
[69]
Moynihan, D.P., Building secure elections: e-voting, security, and systems theory. Public Administration Review. v64 i5. 515-528.
[70]
Nas, T.F., Price, A.C. and Weber, C.T., A policy-oriented theory of corruption. American Political Science Review. v80 i1. 107-119.
[71]
Nye, J.S., Corruption and political development: a cost-benefit analysis. In: Ekpo, M. (Ed.), Bureaucratic Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa: Causes, Consequences, and Controls, University Press of America, Washington, DC. pp. 57-79.
[72]
Ojha, A., Palvia, S. and Gupta, M.P., A model for impact of e-government on corruption: exploring theoretical foundations. In: Bhattacharya, J. (Ed.), Critical Thinking in E-Governance, Gift Publishing, New Delhi. pp. 160-170.
[73]
Porter, M.E., The Competitive Advantage of Nations. 1990. Free Press, New York, NY.
[74]
Porter, M.E., Building the microeconomic foundations of prosperity: findings from the business competitiveness index. In: López-Claros, A., Porter, M.E., Schwab, K. (Eds.), The Global Competitiveness Report 2005-2006: Policies Underpinning Rising Prosperity, Palgrave Macmillan, Geneva, Switzerland. pp. 29-56.
[75]
Prahalad, C.K. and Hammond, A., Serving the world's poor, profitably. Harvard Business Review. v80 i9. 48-59.
[76]
Preacher, K.J. and Hayes, A.F., Asymptotic and resampling strategies for assessing and comparing indirect effects in multiple mediator models. Behavior Research Methods. v40 i3. 879-891.
[77]
Prybutok, V.R., Zhang, X. and Ryan, S.D., Evaluating leadership, IT quality, and net benefits in an e-government environment. Information & Management. v45. 143-152.
[78]
Rai, A., Patnayakuni, R. and Seth, N., Performance impacts of digitally enabled supply chain integration capabilities. MIS Quarterly. v30 i2. 225-246.
[79]
C.M. Ringle, S. Wende, S. Will, Smartpls 2.0 (M3) Beta, {http://www.smartpls.de}, Hamburg, 2005.
[80]
Robbins, P., The rotten institution: corruption in natural resource management. Political Geography. v19 i4. 423-443.
[81]
Corruption and change: the impact of foreign direct investment. Strategic Management Journal. v25 i4. 385-396.
[82]
Rose-Ackerman, S., Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform. 1999. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
[83]
Shleifer, A. and Vishny, R., Corruption. Quarterly Journal of Economics. v108 i3. 599-618.
[84]
Shrivastava, P., The role of corporations in achieving ecological sustainability. Academy of Management Review. v20 i4. 936-960.
[85]
Shrout, P.E. and Bolger, N., Mediation in experimental and nonexperimental studies: new procedures and recommendations. Psychological Methods. v7 i4. 422-445.
[86]
Singh, H., Das, A. and Joseph, D., Country-level determinants of e-government maturity. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. v20 i1. 632-648.
[87]
Smith, R.J., Muir, R.D.J., Walpole, M.J., Balmford, A. and Leader-Williams, N., Governance and the loss of biodiversity. Nature. v426. 67-70.
[88]
Srivastava, S.C., Is e-government providing the promised returns? A value framework for assessing e-government impact. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy. v5 i2. 107-113.
[89]
Srivastava, S.C. and Teo, T.S.H., E-government payoffs: evidence from cross-country data. Journal of Global Information Management. v15 i4. 20-40.
[90]
Srivastava, S.C. and Teo, T.S.H., The relationship between e-government and national competitiveness: the moderating influence of environmental factors. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. v23 i2. 73-94.
[91]
Srivastava, S.C. and Teo, T.S.H., E-government, e-business, and national economic performance. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. v26 i1. 267-286.
[92]
Teo, T.S.H and Lim, V.K.G., Leveraging information technology to achieve the IT2000 vision: the case study of an intelligent island. Behaviour & Information Technology. v2 i17. 113-123.
[93]
Tiwari, A.K. and Mihai, M., Economic growth and FDI in Asia: a panel-data approach. Economic Analysis and Policy. v41 i2. 173-187.
[94]
Tobias, R.D., An Introduction to Partial Least Squares Regression. 1999. SAS Institute, Cary, NC.
[95]
Transparency International, Corruption Perception Index. 2011. Transparency International, Berlin, Germany.
[96]
UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), Tackling Corruption, Transforming Lives: Accelerating Human Development in Asia and the Pacific, Macmillan Publishers, New Delhi, 2008.
[97]
UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), The Global Programme Against Corruption-UN Anti-Corruption Toolkit, third ed., UNODC, Vienna, 2004.
[98]
Acceptance of information technology: toward a unified view. MIS Quarterly. v27 i3. 425-478.
[99]
Von Haldenwang, C., Electronic government (e-government) and development. The European Journal of Development Research. v16 i2. 417-432.
[100]
Voyer, P.A. and Beamish, P.W., The effect of corruption on Japanese foreign direct investment. Journal of Business Ethics. v50 i3. 211-224.
[101]
Watson, R.T., Boudreau, M.-C. and Chen, A.J., Information systems and environmentally sustainable development: energy informatics and new directions for the IS community. MIS Quarterly. v34 i1. 23-38.
[102]
Welsch, H., Corruption, growth, and the environment: a cross-country analysis. Environment and Development Economics. v9 i5. 663-693.
[103]
Wescott, C., E-government in the Asia-Pacific region. Asia Journal of Political Science. v9 i2. 1-24.
[104]
West, D.M., E-government and the transformation of service delivery and citizen attitudes. Public Administration Review. v64 i1. 15-27.
[105]
D.M. West, Global E-Government, 2004b, {http://www.insidepolitics.org/}, (accessed February15, 2012).
[106]
D.M. West, Global E-Government, 2005, {http://www.insidepolitics.org/}, (accessed February 15, 2012).
[107]
D.M. West, Global E-Government, 2006, {http://www.insidepolitics.org/}, (accessed February 15, 2012).
[108]
D.M. West, Global E-Government, 2007, {http://www.insidepolitics.org/}, (accessed February 15, 2012).
[109]
D.M. West, Global E-Government, 2008, {http://www.insidepolitics.org/}, (accessed February 15, 2012).
[110]
Wiggins, R. and Ruefli, T.W., Schumpeter's ghost: is hyper-competition making the best of times shorter?. Strategic Management Journal. v26 i10. 887-911.
[111]
Williams, J. and MacKinnon, D.P., Resampling and distribution of the product methods for testing indirect effects in complex models. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. v15 i1. 23-51.
[112]
Wong, W. and Welch, E., Does e-government promote accountability? A comparative analysis of website openness and government accountability. Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions. v17 i2. 275-297.
[113]
Woszczynskia, A. and Whitman, M., The problem of common method variance in IS research. In: Woszczynskia, A., Whitman, M. (Eds.), The Handbook of Information Systems Research, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA. pp. 66-77.
[114]
York, R., Rosa, E.A. and Dietz, T., Footprints on the earth: the environmental consequences of modernity. American Sociological Review. v68 i2. 279-300.

Cited By

View all

Index Terms

  1. Examining the relationships among e-government maturity, corruption, economic prosperity and environmental degradation: A cross-country analysis
    Index terms have been assigned to the content through auto-classification.

    Recommendations

    Comments

    Information & Contributors

    Information

    Published In

    Publisher

    Elsevier Science Publishers B. V.

    Netherlands

    Publication History

    Published: 01 December 2013

    Author Tags

    1. Archival data
    2. Corruption
    3. E-government maturity
    4. Economic prosperity
    5. Environmental degradation

    Qualifiers

    • Article

    Contributors

    Other Metrics

    Bibliometrics & Citations

    Bibliometrics

    Article Metrics

    • Downloads (Last 12 months)0
    • Downloads (Last 6 weeks)0
    Reflects downloads up to 22 Sep 2024

    Other Metrics

    Citations

    Cited By

    View all
    • (2023)Factors Affecting Citizen Adoption of E-Government in Developing CountriesJournal of Global Information Management10.4018/JGIM.31813131:1(1-23)Online publication date: 10-Feb-2023
    • (2023)Examining the role of E-government in controlling corruptionInformation and Management10.1016/j.im.2022.10373560:1Online publication date: 1-Jan-2023
    • (2022)The Impact of Context Awareness and Ubiquity on Mobile Government Service AdoptionMobile Information Systems10.1155/2022/59188262022Online publication date: 20-Jan-2022
    • (2022)Examining the Relationship between National Cybersecurity Commitment, Culture, and Digital Payment Usage: An Institutional Trust Theory PerspectiveInformation Systems Frontiers10.1007/s10796-022-10280-725:5(1713-1741)Online publication date: 7-May-2022
    • (2022)The Role of ICT Laws and National Culture in Determining ICT Diffusion and Well-Being: A Cross-Country ExaminationInformation Systems Frontiers10.1007/s10796-020-10039-y24:2(415-440)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2022
    • (2022)Understanding Inconsistent Corruption Control through E-government Participation: Updated Evidence from a Cross-Country InvestigationElectronic Commerce Research10.1007/s10660-020-09444-x22:3(979-1006)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2022
    • (2020)Do digital governments foster economic growth in the developing world? An empirical analysisNetnomics10.1007/s11066-020-09138-421:1-3(1-16)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2020
    • (2019)Exploring the Impact of Mobile Technology Adoption on Financial Sustainability of TelecentresProceedings of the 12th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance10.1145/3326365.3326421(427-434)Online publication date: 3-Apr-2019
    • (2019)Data Disclosure or DebureaucratizationProceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research10.1145/3325112.3325239(70-80)Online publication date: 18-Jun-2019
    • (2019)Measuring global prosperity using data envelopment analysis and OWA operatorInternational Journal of Intelligent Systems10.1002/int.2217634:10(2713-2738)Online publication date: 24-Aug-2019
    • Show More Cited By

    View Options

    View options

    Get Access

    Login options

    Media

    Figures

    Other

    Tables

    Share

    Share

    Share this Publication link

    Share on social media