An empirical analysis of the acceptance of e-procurement in the German public sector
By: Wirtz, Bernd.
Contributor(s): Schierz, Paul Gerhardt | Lutje, Sebastian.
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ArticlePublisher: 2010Description: p.26-42.Subject(s): Public administration - Germany | E procurement - Germany | E procurement
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International Journal of Public AdministrationSummary: The increasing governmental spending and simultaneously declining income of municipality are two of the most significant challenges of the 21 century. The introduction of the Internet and innovative information and communication tools over the last few decades have led to a cost saving and efficiency advantage in many areas. By far, public administration has not fully profited from these opportunities and advantages. This article seeks to understand the underlying barriers of technology implementation, namely e-procurement, within the public administration area by analyzing the key barriers of central decision makers within the organization. The empirical findings of 289 respondents from the German public administration show that the barrier typologies are identified and that they have a strong impact on the resistance of implementation. However, the collected data could not verify the theoretically postulated relationship between high resistance and low implementation of the new technology. - Reproduced.
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 33, Issue no: 1 | Available | AR86574 |
The increasing governmental spending and simultaneously declining income of municipality are two of the most significant challenges of the 21 century. The introduction of the Internet and innovative information and communication tools over the last few decades have led to a cost saving and efficiency advantage in many areas. By far, public administration has not fully profited from these opportunities and advantages. This article seeks to understand the underlying barriers of technology implementation, namely e-procurement, within the public administration area by analyzing the key barriers of central decision makers within the organization. The empirical findings of 289 respondents from the German public administration show that the barrier typologies are identified and that they have a strong impact on the resistance of implementation. However, the collected data could not verify the theoretically postulated relationship between high resistance and low implementation of the new technology. - Reproduced.
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