Vajhollah Ghorbanizadeh; Sara Behfar
Volume 2, Issue 6 , February 2015, , Pages 1-22
Abstract
In recent decades, we have witnessed new developments in ICTapplications in different fields of life. The current dynamic and turbulent business environment has forced organization to change their traditional methods of conducting business. Hence, it is important for organizations to evaluate e-readiness ...
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In recent decades, we have witnessed new developments in ICTapplications in different fields of life. The current dynamic and turbulent business environment has forced organization to change their traditional methods of conducting business. Hence, it is important for organizations to evaluate e-readiness to use the advantages of recent developments in information technology. The ever-increasing number of studies on e-readiness and scattered information in this field has sparked the interest of this research in a systematic and scientific manner. This paper, using meta-analysis method and Comprehensive Meta-Analysis Software (CMA2), aggregated the findings of 15 master theses and six articles. A total number of 23 studies were selected according to inclusive criteria. The finding of this study confirmed the important of variables such as human resource, management factors,Organizational capabilities, infrastructure, economic factors and environmental factors on the e-readiness of Iranian organization. Finding also show that there are some moderating factors that affect researches results.
Vajhollah ghorbanizadeh; Habib roodsaz; Ja’far abbaspoor
Volume 2, Issue 8 , September 2014, , Pages 1-32
Abstract
In recent decades, we are facing developments and new achievements in information technology usages in various areas of life every day. Due to the pressure of the current dynamic and turbulent business environment, organizations should change their traditional methods. Therefore, electronic government ...
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In recent decades, we are facing developments and new achievements in information technology usages in various areas of life every day. Due to the pressure of the current dynamic and turbulent business environment, organizations should change their traditional methods. Therefore, electronic government establishment in organizations of our country is highly important in order to utilize recent advances in information technology and it‘s opportunities. On the other hand, due to several studies regarding electronic government and facing kind of dispersed information in this area doing combinational studies which would provide researchers with studies related to this subject in a scientific and systematic way is highly mattered. This study reviews 12 thesis and 8 article aiming for merging quantitative results of studies related to electronic government establishment in Iranian organizations by using meta-analysis method and comprehensive meta-analysis software (CMA2). A total of 20 studies are selected and reviewed based on Inclusive criteria. Results of meta-analysis regarding barriers to electronic government establishment of 17 variables represent that the studies related to barriers to electronic government establishment suggest that Organizational barriers with the effect-size of 0/943, Strategic barriers with the effect-size of 0/886 and Legal barriers with the effect-size of 0/735, Nature barriers with the effect-size of 0/703 and Managerial barriers with the effect-size of 0/702 have the greatest preventive effect on electronic government establishment.
