Title: E-parliament in Jordan: challenges and perspectives

Authors: Emad Abu-Shanab; Raya Al-Dalou'; Rawan Ali Talafha

Addresses: Accounting and Information Systems Department, College of Business and Economics, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar ' MIS Department, IT College, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan ' Department of Governance and Local Affairs Studies, Amman, Jordan

Abstract: This paper aimed at understanding the e-parliament phenomenon and the contribution of technology and new applications in enhancing such area. We tried to explore the attitudes of Jordanian representatives regarding such phenomenon. A survey targeted all representatives of the Jordanian parliament (150 surveys) and collected 29 usable surveys only. The surveys were analysed to better understand the status of such interaction between technology and the parliament institution. Results indicated a positive attitude towards using technology regardless of the low utilisation percentages reported. Conclusions and future work are reported at the end.

Keywords: e-parliament; e-government; e-consultations; representatives; e-democracy; empirical study; Jordan.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPSPM.2018.095265

International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management, 2018 Vol.4 No.4, pp.516 - 531

Received: 25 Aug 2017
Accepted: 17 Feb 2018
Published online: 02 Oct 2018 *

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