Afieroho Peace, Perkins Robert, Zhou Xiyu Thomas, Hoanca Bogdan, Protasel Greg
College of Business and Security Management, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA.
College of Engineering and Mines, Univeristy of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA.
Heliyon. 2023 Jul 23;9(8):e18552. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18552. eCollection 2023 Aug.
Public infrastructure projects (PIPs) are critical to the socioeconomic development of any country and similar to most public activities, their governance requires effective public participation to be successful. Information and communication technology adoption in government-public engagements (i.e., e-government) has improved public participation in governance in developed countries. This study utilizes the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology to investigate determining factors for the Nigerian public to adopt e-government tools to promote public participation in monitoring PIPs execution. It adopts questionnaire survey and structural equation modelling techniques to show that performance expectancy, facilitating conditions, social influence, and effort expectancy significantly and positively affect behavioral intention to adopt e-government tools to monitor PIPs execution in Nigeria. This study provides scholars with an exploratory baseline for extension of e-government adoption to public infrastructure project management. This study also provides recommendations to policy makers, government technocrats, and project engineers on the need for policy changes, creation of interactive and up-to-date project websites for PIPs in Nigeria.
公共基础设施项目（PIPs）对任何国家的社会经济发展都至关重要，与大多数公共活动类似，其治理需要有效的公众参与才能取得成功。在政府与公众的互动中采用信息通信技术（即电子政务）提高了发达国家公众对治理的参与度。本研究运用技术接受与使用统一理论，调查尼日利亚公众采用电子政务工具以促进公众参与监督公共基础设施项目执行情况的决定因素。它采用问卷调查和结构方程建模技术表明，绩效期望、便利条件、社会影响和努力期望对在尼日利亚采用电子政务工具监督公共基础设施项目执行的行为意向有显著的正向影响。本研究为学者将电子政务应用扩展到公共基础设施项目管理提供了一个探索性的基线。本研究还就政策变化的必要性、为尼日利亚的公共基础设施项目创建交互式和最新项目网站的问题向政策制定者、政府技术专家和项目工程师提供了建议。
