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14-12-2012 12:00 AM

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Utilizing the growth-theory and the theory of complementarities as the guiding theoretical-lenses, this study examines the impact of governance dimensions, namely, voice and accountability, political-stability, government-effectiveness, regulatory-quality, rule-of-law, and control-of-corruption on e-government-maturity in a country. Based on publicly available archival-data from 183 countries, for a cross-sectional period of 2004 to 2008, our results generally supported the hypothesized-model. Results indicate that voice and accountability was negatively related to e-government-maturity. Also, while political-stability, government-effectiveness, regulatory-quality and rule-of-law were positively related to e-government-maturity, control-of-corruption was not significantly associated with it. Further, while regulatory-quality (and control-of-corruption) positively moderated the effect of government-effectiveness (and rule-of-law) on e-government-maturity, the relationship of voice and accountability with e-government-maturity was not contingent on political-stability. Our findings contribute to the theoretical discourse on “governance–e-government-maturity” by identifying the critical roles of governance dimensions in a country, and provide indications to practice on enhancing its e-government-maturity by managing the governance quality.

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Does Governance Matter? Investigating the Impact of Governance on E-Government Maturity

Utilizing the growth-theory and the theory of complementarities as the guiding theoretical-lenses, this study examines the impact of governance dimensions, namely, voice and accountability, political-stability, government-effectiveness, regulatory-quality, rule-of-law, and control-of-corruption on e-government-maturity in a country. Based on publicly available archival-data from 183 countries, for a cross-sectional period of 2004 to 2008, our results generally supported the hypothesized-model. Results indicate that voice and accountability was negatively related to e-government-maturity. Also, while political-stability, government-effectiveness, regulatory-quality and rule-of-law were positively related to e-government-maturity, control-of-corruption was not significantly associated with it. Further, while regulatory-quality (and control-of-corruption) positively moderated the effect of government-effectiveness (and rule-of-law) on e-government-maturity, the relationship of voice and accountability with e-government-maturity was not contingent on political-stability. Our findings contribute to the theoretical discourse on “governance–e-government-maturity” by identifying the critical roles of governance dimensions in a country, and provide indications to practice on enhancing its e-government-maturity by managing the governance quality.