Contents1E-governmentDevelopmentandE-governmentAdoptioninChina11.1E-governmentDevelopmentPracticeinChina11.2E-govermentDevelopmentStageandCharacteristicsofPost-InformationizationEra41.3IntroductionofITAdoption91.4FrameworkoftheBook11References132TenYearsofE-governmentResearch:TheLiteraturePerspective172.1Introduction172.2MethodologyofLiteratureAnalysis182.2.1SampleSelection182.2.2ResearchPerspectives192.2.3ResearchProcesses222.2.4SampleDescription222.3ResearchSubjectsDistribution242.3.1DevelopmentPhases242.3.2TargetAreasClassification252.4ResearchMethodsDistribution272.4.1TimeVariationofResearchMethods272.4.2RegionalDifferencesofResearchMethods282.5ResearchFocus292.5.1E-governmentAdoptionandAcceptance302.5.2E-governmentEvaluation302.5.3E-democracy312.5.4E-governance322.5.5DigitalDivide/Accessibility332.5.6Collaboration?/?Interoperability332.5.7E-governmentStrategyandEvolution342.6ConcludingRemarks35References373ImpactsofCulturalFactorsonE-governmentAdoption:TheIndividualPerspective413.1Background413.2TheoreticalFoundation443.2.1CulturalIssuesinIT?/?ISAdoptionResearch443.2.2Hofstede’sCulturalConsequences463.2.3IT/ISAdoptionResearchBasedontheHofstede’sTheory483.2.4MandatoryandVoluntaryInformationSystemsAdoption503.3ResearchModel513.3.1ThoughtsofModeling513.3.2HypothesesRelatedPowerDistanceandUncertaintyAvoidance523.3.3HexieandPerceivedFit543.4EmpiricalStudy573.4.1MeasurementItems583.4.2DataCollection593.4.3ReliabilityandValidity603.4.4CommonMethodBiasAnalysis613.5ResultandDiscussion623.6ConcludingRemarks64References654OpenSourceSoftwareAdoptioninPublicSectors:TheOrganizationalPerspective714.1Background714.2OpenSourceRelatedLiterature734.2.1DefinitionofOpenSource734.2.2OpenSourceSoftwareAdoption744.2.3OSSinGovernmentAgencies764.3ResearchModel764.3.1Adoption784.3.2EnvironmentalFactors784.3.3OrganizationalFactors794.3.4TechnologicalFactors804.4ResearchMethod814.4.1PositivisticCaseStudyMethod814.4.2ResearchDesign824.4.3ReliabilityandValidity854.5ResultsandDiscussion884.6ConcludingRemarks92References935FromDeterministicTheorytoStructurationTheory:TheSyntheticalPerspective995.1Background995.2IndividualPerspectiveAnalysisBasedontheAdoptionTheory1005.2.1ResearchMotivation1005.2.2IT/ISAdoptionandEvaluation1015.2.3Hypotheses1025.2.4EmpiricalTest1055.2.5AnalysisResults1085.2.6Discussion1115.3OrganizationalPerspectiveAnalysisBasedontheStrucrationTheory1145.3.1ResearchMotivation1145.3.2BriefReviewontheStructuraionTheory1155.3.3TheStructure-PatternModelforE-GovernmentAdoption1165.3.4ResearchMethod1185.3.5CaseAnalysis1205.4ConcludingRemarks122References1236E-governmentandIndependentICTInnovation:TheInstitutionalPerspective1296.1Background1296.2PolicyEnvironmentAnalysis1306.2.1RelatedLiteratureReview1316.2.2BoundaryofAnalysis1326.2.3InterviewDesign1326.2.4ValidityAnalysis1346.2.5PolicyInstitutionEvaluation1346.2.6SyntheticalAnalysis1376.3ExplorationofInstitutionalMechanism1396.3.1CooperationOrientedMechanism1406.3.2ApplicationOrientedMechanism1416.3.3ExperimentationOrientedMechanism1426.3.4StandardizationOrientedMechanism1426.4ConcludingRemarks143References1447Conclusion1477.1SummaryofFindings1477.2Implications1497.2.1TheoreticalImplications1497.2.2PracticalImplications1507.3LimitationsandFutureGoals1507.3.1Limitations1507.3.2FutureGoals151Index153