The influence of digital technology on public management reforms : the mediating effects of competence and inclusivity

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dc.contributor.authorNGUAR, Kot David Adhal
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-06T14:21:51Z
dc.date.available2025-05-06T14:21:51Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionPublished online: 30 April 2025
dc.description.abstractThe 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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dc.identifier.citationInformation polity, 2025, OnlineFirst
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/15701255251335452
dc.identifier.issn1875-8754
dc.identifier.issn1570-1255
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/92591
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage
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dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.licenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectDigital technology
dc.subjectInclusive policy
dc.subjectPublic management reform
dc.subjectPublic sector
dc.subjectDeveloping countries
dc.titleThe influence of digital technology on public management reforms : the mediating effects of competence and inclusivity
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