Abstract

‘Open government’ refers to transparent, participative decision-making and platform-based citizen-government collaboration and has emerged as one paradigm at the local government level, in particular. However, substantial disparities exist in open government adoption among municipalities, and the empirical evidence on the determinants of open government adoption is sparse and mixed. This article considers open government adoption by integrating the resource- and knowledge-based views and decision-makers’ open government willingness. We argue that the positive impacts of internal capacity depend on the municipal decision-makers’ open government willingness. Using data from a survey conducted among local decision-makers, we investigate organizational ability to implement open government and decision-makers' preferences and adoption level. The findings indicate that organizational capacity is positively associated with open government. In addition, the effect of ability on adoption is partially mediated by leaders’ perceptions that open government is a meaningful opportunity for the municipality.

摘要

“开放政府”是指透明的，参与性的决策和基于平台的公民政府合作，特别是在地方政府层面已成为一种范例。但是，市政当局之间在公开政府采用方面存在巨大差异，有关公开政府采用的决定因素的经验证据很少，而且参差不齐。本文通过整合基于资源和知识的观点以及决策者的开放政府意愿来考虑开放政府的采用。我们认为内部能力的积极影响取决于市政决策者的开放政府意愿。利用在地方决策者中进行的一项调查的数据，我们调查了组织实施公开政府和决策者的偏好和采用水平的能力。研究结果表明组织能力与开放政府正相关。此外，能力对收养的影响部分地由领导者认为开放的政府对市政当局是有意义的机会的看法所调节。