Abstract: Internet has an influence on every aspect of modern life. The increasing interest in e-government has led to increase in public expenditure on communication technologies. The technology provides and facilitates opportunities for citizens to interact with e-government, so called e-participation. In fact, it makes the citizens involvement higher in the delivery of services, administration, and decision making. People need to engage themselves and participate in e-government to achieve its objectives. e-Government literature explored the factors that influence people to participate in e-government. However, the study of e-participation is new in Kuwait. Therefore, this paper aims to find out the critical factors affecting e-participation in Kuwait. To attain the purpose of the research study, a conceptual model has been developed, keeping the context of Kuwait society in view. Then, a questionnaire has been designed and used to test the conceptual model. The results indicate that technical factors, social influence, political factors, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease-of-use are the significant factors that influence the citizen’s intention to participate in Kuwait e-government. Consequently, the results of this study need to be adopted by the government to enhance e-participation in Kuwait e-government.

Zainab M. Aljazzaf, Sharifa Ayad Al-Ali and Muhammad Sarfraz, “e-Participation Model for Kuwait e-Government” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 11(2), 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110226

@article{Aljazzaf2020,
title = {e-Participation Model for Kuwait e-Government},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110226},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110226},
year = {2020},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {11},
number = {2},
author = {Zainab M. Aljazzaf and Sharifa Ayad Al-Ali and Muhammad Sarfraz}
}