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The influence of digital technology on public management reforms : the mediating effects of competence and inclusivity
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1875-8754; 1570-1255
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Information polity, 2025, OnlineFirst
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NGUAR, Kot David Adhal, The influence of digital technology on public management reforms : the mediating effects of competence and inclusivity, Information polity, 2025, OnlineFirst - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/92591
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The purpose of this study is to examine the role that digital technology (DT) plays in enhancing public management reforms in the local government institutions of a landlocked country: specifically, Uganda. The study used structural equation modelling (SEM) to investigate the mediating effects of competence and inclusive policy from a survey data collected in 2021. It also analysed other latent variables in the model in order to present an empirical understanding of digitally-driven public management reforms. The aim is to provide a comparative analysis with other developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The findings show positive and significant relationships exist between DT and digitally-enabled public management reform (DEPMR). Moreover, there is a partial complementary mediation effect of competence in the DT-DEPMR relationship. However, inclusive policy does not have a mediating effect on the relationship.
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Published online: 30 April 2025