Paper Info
Title
Promoting international digital government research collaboration: an experiment in community building
Abstract
Global issues present many opportunities for digital government (DG) researchers to form long-lasting relationships that lead to shared research agendas focused on questions of international importance. However, the relatively young DG community has little experience and few guiding strategies or methods for encouraging these kinds of investigations. As a result, the practical feasibility of international DG research partnerships is of interest for both investigators and funders. This paper reports the evaluation of an experiment to create sustainable international digital government research collaborations by providing legitimacy and modest funding within a minimal set of structural and management requirements. Participants rated the experience as highly positive, contributing substantially to their research productivity, community building, international awareness, and professional growth. While the working group strategy is not a substitute for direct research support, it is a readily replicable method to build international research communities, and to stimulate and enhance their scholarly work.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1145/2037556.2037566
DG.O
Keywords
Field
DocType
community building,international importance,direct research support,research collaboration,young dg community,international awareness,international digital government research,research productivity,sustainable international digital government,international dg research partnership,shared research agenda,international research community,working group
Public relations,Digital government,Professional development,Community building,International research,Legitimacy,Business
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.62
4
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sharon S. Dawes141841.86
Natalie Helbig216114.72
Meghan Cook313615.22