Title
Civil servants' internet skills: are they ready for e-Government?
Abstract
In order to utilize the possibilities of information and communication technology within the public domain and thereby further develop the electronic government, it is necessary that civil servants possess sufficient levels of Internet skills. Higher levels of these skills among professionals in the public sphere might result in better Internet usage, thus improving both productivity and efficiency. Based on results of this research, we can conclude that the levels of operational and formal Internet skills are higher than the levels of information and strategic Internet skills. A main finding is that civil servants do not perform well on higher Internet skills involving information and strategic tasks. The implications of the results are discussed and several policy recommendations to improve digital skill levels of civil servants are given.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2010
EGOV
public sphere,higher level,internet skill,strategic task,higher internet skill,civil servant,formal internet skill,strategic internet skill,better internet usage,public domain,information and communication technology,production efficiency
Field
DocType
Volume
Skills management,E-Government,Public domain,Public sphere,Computer science,Public relations,Knowledge management,Information and Communications Technology,The Internet,Government
Conference
6228
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0302-9743
3-642-14798-4
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
6
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alexander van Deursen132923.35
Jan van Dijk235227.66