African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4194

Full Length Research Paper

E-government and e-governance concepts and constructs in the context of service delivery

Ai Ling Lim, Maslin Masrom* and Sabariyah Din
Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Semarak, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 24 July 2013
  •  Published: 28 July 2013

Abstract

The Malaysian Vision 2020 of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) has gone through a rapid change in information and communication technology (ICT). The government will eventually enhance the service delivery and quality of the development process which will allow the government to be more responsive to the needs of the citizens. The Malaysian government has developed e-government and e-governance that have come into prominence. Both terms have been used interchangeably. However, they are quite different as they have different audience to cater for, especially the different objectives from the Malaysian government. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the concepts and constructs of the e-government and e-governance as well as gauge the relationship between with regard to service delivery.

 

Key words: E-government, e-governance, internet, service delivery.