Comparative study to explore factors affecting E-government ranking: the case of Malaysia, Nigeria and Republic of Korea Cover Image

Comparative study to explore factors affecting E-government ranking: the case of Malaysia, Nigeria and Republic of Korea
Comparative study to explore factors affecting E-government ranking: the case of Malaysia, Nigeria and Republic of Korea

Author(s): Mohammad Ayaz Ahmad, Rozaini Sheik Osman Wan, Muhammad Shahzad Aslam
Subject(s): Political Sciences, Political Essay
Published by: EDIS- Publishing Institution of the University of Zilina
Keywords: E-Government; Malaysia; Comparative study; secondary data; UN e-Government survey;

Summary/Abstract: The present study aims to find out the criteria for e-government ranking generally as well as particularly focusing on Malaysia’s e-government ranking. In addition, with regard to the Malaysia’s e-government ranking, the results shown that, most of the Human Capital, Online Services and Telecommunication Infrastructure and its sub-indicators has not seen any improvement through the previous periods comparing with other countries such as Republic of Korea. Indeed, this comparative study sought to highlight of the tangible part of the e-government ranking through explored the gap between the e-government of Malaysia and other countries such as Republic of Korea. Moreover, this study discovered the weakest dimensions of e-government applications to assist the government to address them. Besides that, this comparative study also attempts to help the countries all over the world especially those developing ones in enhancing the performance of the e-government simply by understanding the reasons of the utilization by the respective stakeholders.

  • Issue Year: 4/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 130-138
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English