Digital Transformation and Local Government Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

An Assessment of Its Impact on the Sustainable Development Goals

Dados Bibliográficos

ID16910550
AutoresPedro R Palos‐Sánchez (0000-0001-9966-0698, Universidad de Sevilla), Pedro R Palos-Sánchez, Pedro Baena‐Luna (0000-0002-8509-0222, Universidad de Sevilla, autor correspondente), Mercedes García Ordáz (0000-0001-5689-1082, Universidad de Huelva), Mercedes García-Ordaz, Francisco J Martínez‐lópez (0000-0002-8744-8080, Universidad de Huelva), Francisco J Martínez-López
Ano2023
Volume13
Fascículo2
Páginas21582440231167343-21582440231167343
Data de publicação2023-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/21582440231167343
PMID37064821
OpenAlexW4364362957
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas55

This paper analyzes how Digital Transformation (DT) processes have influenced the Attitude of local governments (LGs) toward the COVID-19 pandemic and their effect on achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The data were collected from LGs in Spain ( n = 124) through a questionnaire in which the IT skills of their workers, the DT processes, budgets, degree of regulatory compliance, and implementation of trust seals were measured, together with the IT security measures adopted. The contrast between the proposed model and the results showed that the direct influence of IT security influences the government’s attitude toward COVID-19 and DT implementing actions to achieve SDGs. The findings of this work are of great value both for the actors involved in the design and implementation of public policies and for those responsible for local governance in their objective to improve citizens’ experience of the services provided and in exceptional situations such as the one experienced as a result, of-COVID-19

Business · Corporate governance · Digital transformation · Economic growth · Economics · Local government · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Sustainable development · E-Government and Public Services · Engineering · Legal and Policy Issues · Medicine · Public Administration · Smart Cities and Technologies