Enabling e-Local government: A case study of Seberang Perai citizens towards ICTs
Malaysian government anticipates in new agenda local government transformation to improve public access to its information and services and provide for greater involvement and participation in local decision-making.The study focused into ways and means of using ICTs to develop and improve public acc...
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| author | Ngah, Kamarudin Zakaria, Zaherawati Mustaffa, Jamaludin Noordin, Nazni Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie |
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| description | Malaysian government anticipates in new agenda local government transformation to improve public access to its information and services and provide for greater involvement and participation in local decision-making.The study focused into ways and means of using ICTs to develop and improve public access to local authority services, and interaction between the local authority and its public, by taking Seberang Perai Municipality Council and its citizens as a case.The objectives
were achieved through the use of questionnaire-based surveys, interviews and focus groups, with a total of 300 respondents.In the findings, there was a clear low level of negativity towards using ICTs to interact with the local authority and also reveals a high level of dissatisfaction by Seberang Perai citizens with their local authority.In future research, positive approach should be introduced to citizens to the use of
the new information technologies presents the local authority with a platform on which to build its ICTs strategies by focus groups in wider access. |
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| spelling | uum-152192015-08-30T03:42:12Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/15219/ Enabling e-Local government: A case study of Seberang Perai citizens towards ICTs Ngah, Kamarudin Zakaria, Zaherawati Mustaffa, Jamaludin Noordin, Nazni Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie JS Local government Municipal government T Technology (General) Malaysian government anticipates in new agenda local government transformation to improve public access to its information and services and provide for greater involvement and participation in local decision-making.The study focused into ways and means of using ICTs to develop and improve public access to local authority services, and interaction between the local authority and its public, by taking Seberang Perai Municipality Council and its citizens as a case.The objectives were achieved through the use of questionnaire-based surveys, interviews and focus groups, with a total of 300 respondents.In the findings, there was a clear low level of negativity towards using ICTs to interact with the local authority and also reveals a high level of dissatisfaction by Seberang Perai citizens with their local authority.In future research, positive approach should be introduced to citizens to the use of the new information technologies presents the local authority with a platform on which to build its ICTs strategies by focus groups in wider access. AESS Publications 2011-12-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/15219/1/ijass%2C%20vol.1.pdf Ngah, Kamarudin and Zakaria, Zaherawati and Mustaffa, Jamaludin and Noordin, Nazni and Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie (2011) Enabling e-Local government: A case study of Seberang Perai citizens towards ICTs. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 1 (5). pp. 127-132. ISSN 2226-5139 http://www.aessweb.com/pdf-files/ijass,%20vol.1,No.5,pp.127-132.pdf |
| spellingShingle | JS Local government Municipal government T Technology (General) Ngah, Kamarudin Zakaria, Zaherawati Mustaffa, Jamaludin Noordin, Nazni Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie Enabling e-Local government: A case study of Seberang Perai citizens towards ICTs |
| title | Enabling e-Local government: A case study of Seberang Perai citizens towards ICTs |
| title_full | Enabling e-Local government: A case study of Seberang Perai citizens towards ICTs |
| title_fullStr | Enabling e-Local government: A case study of Seberang Perai citizens towards ICTs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enabling e-Local government: A case study of Seberang Perai citizens towards ICTs |
| title_short | Enabling e-Local government: A case study of Seberang Perai citizens towards ICTs |
| title_sort | enabling e local government a case study of seberang perai citizens towards icts |
| topic | JS Local government Municipal government T Technology (General) |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/15219/1/ijass%2C%20vol.1.pdf |
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