Modeling of Open Government Data for Public Sector Organizations Using the Potential Theories and Determinants—A Systematic Review

Abstract

Open government data (OGD) has huge potential to increase transparency, accountability, and participation while improving efficiency in operations, data-driven and evidence-based policymaking, and trust in government institutions. Despite its potential benefits, OGD has not been widely and successfully adopted in public sector organizations, particularly in developing countries. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore the theories/frameworks and potential determinants that influence the OGD adoption in public sector organizations. To ascertain the various determinants of OGD adoption in public sector organizations, this study involved a systematic review of already established theories and determinants addressed in the public sector open data domain. The review revealed that the TOE (technology, organization, environment) framework was dominantly employed over theories in the earlier studies to understand organizational adoption to OGD followed by institutional theory. The results, concerning potential determinants, revealed that some of the most frequently addressed determinants are an organization’s digitization/digitalization capacity, compliance pressure, financial resources, legislation, policy, regulations, organizational culture, political leadership commitment, top-management support, and data quality. The findings will enrich researchers to empirically investigate the exposed determinants and improve the understanding of decision-makers to leverage OGD adoption by taking relevant measures.

Open Government Data Use by the Public Sector - an Overview of its Benefits, Barriers, Drivers, and Enablers

“…They have created data portals to make data more accessible and usable by the public [2]. Notwithstanding, little is known about the use and reuse of these data within public administrations [3], [4], [5], as few studies addressed the topic from the public sector perspective, and reviews of the literature are lacking. Thus, a review of the benefits promoted and the factors that hinder (barriers), facilitate (enablers), and propel (drivers) OGD use from the Administration perspective can broaden our knowledge and understanding.…”

“…Thus, to remove and ease barriers, researchers investigated and proposed enablers [4], [11], [12], and drivers [17], [21], [24]. External factors, such as pressure from international organizations to use OGD [21] and the existence of public open data policy, laws, and standards [24], [20], [25] compel administrations to use OGD.…”

“…External factors, such as pressure from international organizations to use OGD [21] and the existence of public open data policy, laws, and standards [24], [20], [25] compel administrations to use OGD. Others, such as favorable open data culture [4], [20], enable users to overcome corresponding barriers.…”

“…They are needed in general and specific levels (use or publication); thus, authors can provide insights, research paths and tackle research barriers [3]. Therefore, this review investigates the focus of OGD use benefits, barriers, drivers, and enablers reported in previous studies and reviews ([6], [3], [24], [4], [36]). Attard and colleagues [6] assessed different aspects of OGD initiatives, including OGD publishing and consumption enablers, barriers, and their impact on OGD life cycle processes.…”

“…Huang and associates [24] identified and qualified barriers that hinder Open Government Data (OGD) in China. Khurshid and colleagues [4] explored established theories and determinants of OGD adoption in the public sector. Finally, Roa and colleagues [36] surveyed the impact and occurrence of different problems before, during, and after an open government data initiative using the Information Systems (IS) adoption process.…”