Abstract
The idea of e-governance is being appreciated and worked upon at various levels,
however, this research focuses on the need of various workings before e-governance
mechanisms can actually be made operational. The literature suggests that any policy or
reform that does not cater the local context and fulfill all pre-requisites is likely to face
serious hurdles and therefore might not reap desired results. The prime focus of this
research is to test the societal e-readiness in connection with the idea of e-governance
adaptability in the context of Pakistan. Recently, in Pakistan, several initiatives have been
taken by government in order to shift towards this IT based governance structure from the
traditional mode of governance. Based on the data collected from 312 university students
and professionals, the developed model was tested using covariance based structural
equation modeling (SEM) and the findings reveal that basic operational knowledge,
networked society and availability of infrastructure respectively, are important facilitators
that strengthen E-Governance adaptability. Apart from this inferential analysis,
descriptive statistics were also used to identify various hurdles that people perceive
regarding e-governance adaptability and it was found that resistance to change and lack
of awareness are the biggest hurdles that people in Pakistan believe in the context of egovernance adaptability. Not just at the operational or practical level, the study also adds
to the literature on new public governance theories.
Mukaram Ali Khan, Sobia Khurram , Syed Sohaib Zubair. (2020) Societal E-Readiness for E-Governance Adaptability in Pakistan, Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences, Volume 14, Issue 1.
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