Many governments around the world aim seriously to make their services available online and deliver it to their citizens in professional and secure manner. E-government services aims to improve and facilitate the communication between government and citizens by increasing the usage of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in government operations. It will provide all government services in electronic form to all citizens in a timely, easy, high quality and effective manner with great productivity and time savings. However, user acceptance is one of the essential keys for adoption and success of e-government application and services. Many studies emphasize that trust is one of the important factors in the adoption studies of e-government. This paper examines the effect of trust as independent variable of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model on user’s acceptance and use of e-government services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Based on the amended (UTAUT) model we study the impact of trust on the adoption of e-government services form citizens’ perception.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS), E-Government Services, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT)
Research Division:	Language, Communication and Culture
Research Group:	Communication and Media Studies
Research Field:	Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies
Objective Division:	Expanding Knowledge
Objective Group:	Expanding Knowledge
Objective Field:	Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences
Author:	Drew, S (Dr Steve Drew)
ID Code:	111914
Year Published:	2012
Deposited By:	Tasmanian Institute of Learning & Teaching
Deposited On:	2016-10-14
Last Modified:	2016-11-03
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