Value Positions in E-government strategies: Something is (not) changing in the state of Denmark

John Stouby Persson; Anja Kaldahl Reinwald; Espen Skorve; Peter Axel Nielsen

Value Positions in E-government strategies: Something is (not) changing in the state of Denmark

John Stouby Persson, Anja Kaldahl Reinwald, Espen Skorve, Peter Axel Nielsen

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Abstract

Clarifying what value new information systems (IS) may help to create for government organizations and society is a central concern in the public sector. National e-government strategies present such efforts to clarify the value entailed by IS, however, what is considered valuable is inﬂuenced by value positions deeply enshrined in the traditions of public administration. We present a theory directed con-tent analysis of value positions in the national e-government strategy for Denmark published for the first time in 1994 and latest in 2016. Our comparison of the value positions in the two e-government strategies show consistency over time when looking at the ideals of professionalism, service, and efficiency. While the least dominant ideal of engagement, has declined. The 22-year timespan separating the development of these two strategies had major technological advances, but little transformational impact on Danish e-government strategies in their general value positions. We discuss how our findings contribute to previous research on values in e-government and have practical implications for working with e-government strategies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Information Systems
Publisher	The Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Publication date	5 Jun 2017
Pages	904-917
ISBN (Electronic)	978-989-20-7655-3
Publication status	Published - 5 Jun 2017
Event	25th European Conference on Information Systems - Guimarães, Portugal Duration: 5 Jun 2017 → 10 Jun 2017 http://www.ecis2017.eu/

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Conference	25th European Conference on Information Systems
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Guimarães
Period	05/06/2017 → 10/06/2017
Internet address	http://www.ecis2017.eu/

Series	Proceedings / European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)
Volume	2017
ISSN	x000-0034

Keywords

eGovernment
public administration
IS strategy
eGovernance
public value management
new public management
transformative governance
content analysis

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Persson, John Stouby ; Reinwald, Anja Kaldahl ; Skorve, Espen et al. / Value Positions in E-government strategies : Something is (not) changing in the state of Denmark. Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Information Systems. The Association for Information Systems (AIS), 2017. pp. 904-917 (Proceedings / European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Vol. 2017).

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Persson, JS, Reinwald, AK, Skorve, E & Nielsen, PA 2017, Value Positions in E-government strategies: Something is (not) changing in the state of Denmark. in Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Information Systems. The Association for Information Systems (AIS), Proceedings / European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), vol. 2017, pp. 904-917, 25th European Conference on Information Systems, Guimarães, Portugal, 05/06/2017. <http://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2017_rp/59/>

Value Positions in E-government strategies: Something is (not) changing in the state of Denmark. / Persson, John Stouby; Reinwald, Anja Kaldahl; Skorve, Espen et al.
Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Information Systems. The Association for Information Systems (AIS), 2017. p. 904-917 (Proceedings / European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Vol. 2017).

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Value Positions in E-government strategies: Something is (not) changing in the state of Denmark

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