Women and digital government in rural India
Extending TAM with user assisted service
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6148977 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suparna Soni (0000-0002-8464-4713, Buffalo State University, corresponding author), Austin M Mitchell (0000-0002-6615-5625, Tohoku University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-78 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Information Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1875-8754 • E-ISSN: 1570-1255 |
| Publisher | IOS Press (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.3233/ip-200302 |
| OpenAlex | W3182831721 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 56 |
Public service delivery is an essential component of e-governance initiatives but the digital divide limits citizens’ access to e-government services, especially in rural communities. The Digital India initiative launched Common Service Centers (CSCs) to mitigate the physical-digital divide issue. The privately operated local kiosks are meant to ensure easy access to digital government services in India’s remote pockets. Although the literature indicates that females generally have lower perceptions and adoption rates of digital government, existing studies commonly assume women directly interact with government websites. We know little about gender-specific experiences of digital government through the user assisted and privately operated local kiosks. This survey study utilizes the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to explore the gender-specific acceptance of public service through local kiosks in rural India. This paper argues that user-assisted kiosks help mitigate the gender digital divide by increasing the usefulness and ease of use of e-government, which improves rural women’s acceptance and use of digital government services. This field research brings insights from the developing world while recording women’s voices from underserved communities
Business · Digital divide · Government (linguistics · Information and Communications Technology · Interactive kiosk · Internet privacy · Local government · Political science · Public relations · Service (business · Service delivery framework · World Wide Web · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · ICT Impact and Policies · Public Administration · Technology Adoption and User Behaviour · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |