Designing for Digital Government Innovation in Resource Constrained Countries: The Case of Woredas in Ethiopia

Debas Senshaw; Hossana Twinomurinzi

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-64823-7_5

Designing for Digital Government Innovation in Resource Constrained Countries: The Case of Woredas in Ethiopia

Debas Senshaw
, Hossana Twinomurinzi

Centre for Applied Data Science

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Abstract

This paper was aimed at developing a design artefact to identify opportunities for digital innovation based on the adaptive capabilities of government organizations in resource constrained low-income countries. The study was guided by the recent elaborated action design research method. Adaptive capability themes that were elicited from Woredas (government districts) in Ethiopia were used as the requirements to create a web-based application (app). UTAUT was used to evaluate the potential adoption and acceptance of the app (n = 270) using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results reveal that social influence significantly influences the behavioral intention to use the app, which finding reveals how social factors have a stronger influence on digital government innovations in resource constrained low-income countries. The design principle elicited in the paper can guide future digital government innovation efforts in resource constrained low-income countries. The study contributes to design science research in revealing the utility of the elaborated action design research method.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Designing for Digital Transformation. Co-Creating Services with Citizens and Industry - 15th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2020, Proceedings
Editors	Sara Hofmann, Oliver Müller, Matti Rossi
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	42-55
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	9783030648220
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64823-7_5
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	15th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2020 - Kristiansand, Norway Duration: 2 Dec 2020 → 4 Dec 2020

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12388 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	15th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2020
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Kristiansand
Period	2/12/20 → 4/12/20

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

Adaptive capability
Design science
Digital government
Elaborated action design research
UTAUT
WoredaNet
Woredas

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Senshaw, D., & Twinomurinzi, H. (2020). Designing for Digital Government Innovation in Resource Constrained Countries: The Case of Woredas in Ethiopia. In S. Hofmann, O. Müller, & M. Rossi (Eds.), Designing for Digital Transformation. Co-Creating Services with Citizens and Industry - 15th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2020, Proceedings (pp. 42-55). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12388 LNCS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64823-7_5

Senshaw, Debas ; Twinomurinzi, Hossana. / Designing for Digital Government Innovation in Resource Constrained Countries : The Case of Woredas in Ethiopia. Designing for Digital Transformation. Co-Creating Services with Citizens and Industry - 15th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2020, Proceedings. editor / Sara Hofmann ; Oliver Müller ; Matti Rossi. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020. pp. 42-55 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Senshaw, D & Twinomurinzi, H 2020, Designing for Digital Government Innovation in Resource Constrained Countries: The Case of Woredas in Ethiopia. in S Hofmann, O Müller & M Rossi (eds), Designing for Digital Transformation. Co-Creating Services with Citizens and Industry - 15th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2020, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12388 LNCS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 42-55, 15th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2020, Kristiansand, Norway, 2/12/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64823-7_5

Designing for Digital Government Innovation in Resource Constrained Countries: The Case of Woredas in Ethiopia. / Senshaw, Debas; Twinomurinzi, Hossana.
Designing for Digital Transformation. Co-Creating Services with Citizens and Industry - 15th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2020, Proceedings. ed. / Sara Hofmann; Oliver Müller; Matti Rossi. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020. p. 42-55 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12388 LNCS).

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Senshaw D, Twinomurinzi H. Designing for Digital Government Innovation in Resource Constrained Countries: The Case of Woredas in Ethiopia. In Hofmann S, Müller O, Rossi M, editors, Designing for Digital Transformation. Co-Creating Services with Citizens and Industry - 15th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2020, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2020. p. 42-55. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-64823-7_5

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