An Empirical Evaluation Of The Potential Of Public E-Procurement To Reduce Corruption

Authors

• Arjun Neupane, University of Southern QueenslandFollow
• Jeffrey Soar, University of Southern QueenslandFollow
• Kishor Vaidya, University of Southern QueenslandFollow

Document Type

Research Article

Abstract

One of the significant potential benefits of e-procurement technology is reducing opportunities for corruption in public procurement processes. The authors identified anti-corruption capabilities of e-procurement through an extensive literature review and a theoretical model representing the impact of three latent variables: monopoly of power, information asymmetry, and transparency and accountability upon the dependent variable, the intent-to-adopt e-procurement. This research was guided by the Principal-Agent theory and collected the perceptions of 46 government officers of the potential of public e-procurement to reduce corruption in public procurement processes. Results were analysed using the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) approach. The findings suggest that the intent-to-adopt e-procurement has a positive and significant relationship with the independent variables that might inform developing countries in strategies to combat corruption in public procurement.

Recommended Citation

Neupane, Arjun; Soar, Jeffrey; and Vaidya, Kishor (2014) "An Empirical Evaluation Of The Potential Of Public E-Procurement To Reduce Corruption," The Australasian Journal of Information Systems: Vol. 18: No. 2, Article 4.
DOI: 10.3127/ajis.v18i2.780
Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/ajis/vol18/iss2/4