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Perceiving IT affordances through the lens of multi-identity goals in rural governance information system
Industrial management & data systems, Vol.124(2), pp.509-540
12/05/2023
Web of Science ID: WOS:001112514800001
Abstract
Purpose: This research aims to investigate the impact of the collaborative governance mechanism on the implementation of rural governance information systems in developing countries. By integrating institutional logic theory, affordance theory and social identity theory, the authors propose modeling grassroots officials' affordance perception process and exploring the importance of multi-identities' information technology (IT) goals in affordance perception.
Design/methodology/approach: Through an exploratory case study, the authors identified three affordances of rural governance information systems and investigated the mechanisms influencing the perception of these affordances among grassroots officials. Next, the authors established a research model and collected 490 valid questionnaires from grassroots officials in China and analyzed the data using structural equation modeling (SEM).
Findings: The authors' study challenges previous assumptions by integrating institutional logic, affordance and social identity theories. The authors establish a perceived affordance path for rural governance information systems, recognize substitute effects among technological affordances and extend the theory to explain social factors influencing IT perception. The authors' findings suggest providing technical training for grassroots officials to enhance IT capabilities, and governments should prioritize essential functionalities in rural governance information systems to optimize resources. Training on collaborative governance mechanisms can improve IT affordance perception, enhancing digital platform utilization in governance processes.
Research limitations/implications: The study was conducted mainly in China, and therefore, the findings may not be universal to other developing countries. Researchers are therefore encouraged to test the proposal in locations with different rural cultures.
Practical implications: The paper includes implications for the development of IT perception in rural governance, the development of affordance perception theory and studying the relationship between IT goals and affordance perception.
Originality/value: Overall, this paper addresses the need to understand how grassroots officials perceive IT affordances in rural governance and study the relationship between multi-identities' goals and affordance perception.
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- Title
- Perceiving IT affordances through the lens of multi-identity goals in rural governance information system
- Publication Details
- Industrial management & data systems, Vol.124(2), pp.509-540
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing; United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 32
- Grant note
- 92146001 / National Natural Science Foundation of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited
- Identifiers
- WOS:001112514800001; 99380490070906600
- Academic Unit
- Business Administration; Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business
- Language
- English