The Effect of the Organization Factors, Technology and Social Influences on E-Government Adoption in Jordan

Abstract

An Electronic Government employs the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to improve the functions of public organizations and their activities. And some references define the e-Government as an application running over the internet, or just an intermediary that interacts between government and external environment. The essential objective of this study is to inspect the innovation diffusion theory with the external factor, the social influences. This research is a quantitative study using survey approach. In the current research, the target population exists in Jordan. The citizen opinions are very important for the investigation on using egovernment behavior. Findings in this paper propose some factors that are important for the behavior intention in egovernment in Jordan. The most significant factor is the behavior intension to use appears to be adoptions and facilitated by the usefulness of e-government services, and other benefits of governments lead to more acceptances among Jordan’s citizens.