Explaining public officials' opinions on blockchain adoption: a vignette experiment

Blockchain is emerging as one of the major disruptive technologies of our times. In the context of public administration, blockchain heralds major transformations of public service provision and has the potential to increase the transparency of, and citizens' trust in, public administration and...

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Autores: Cagigas Castro, Diego|||0000-0002-4974-6335, Clifton, Judith|||0000-0001-6081-6800, Díaz Fuentes, Daniel|||0000-0002-6290-2363, Fernández Gutiérrez, Marcos|||0000-0002-4000-9283, Echevarría Cuenca, Juan, Gilsanz Gómez, Celia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/26997
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/26997
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Blockchain
Public officials
Public services
Innovation policy
e-government
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spelling Explaining public officials' opinions on blockchain adoption: a vignette experimentCagigas Castro, Diego|||0000-0002-4974-6335Clifton, Judith|||0000-0001-6081-6800Díaz Fuentes, Daniel|||0000-0002-6290-2363Fernández Gutiérrez, Marcos|||0000-0002-4000-9283Echevarría Cuenca, JuanGilsanz Gómez, CeliaBlockchainPublic officialsPublic servicesInnovation policye-governmentBlockchain is emerging as one of the major disruptive technologies of our times. In the context of public administration, blockchain heralds major transformations of public service provision and has the potential to increase the transparency of, and citizens' trust in, public administration and its services. However, the introduction of blockchain to public administrations means potentially changing aspects of the job performed by public officials, including their day-to-day activities and responsibilities, and even their very control over administrative processes. While some public officials may view blockchain positively as a means of improving current administrative practices, others may view it more negatively and resist it. The acceptance or otherwise of blockchain is, therefore, a fundamental issue for analysis. We conduct a vignette experiment to probe public officials' opinions on the introduction of blockchain in the provision of public services in a local council. We follow an influential classification of blockchain configurations to analyze whether different configurations of blockchain affect public officials' opinions toward its implementation. Results show that a more public configuration of certain aspects of the blockchain increases the likelihood that public officials will accept blockchain, while it is also associated with an increase in trust in public administration and its services.This research has been carried out with the support of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program through the project TOKEN under Grant 870603; Erasmus+Programme of the European Union (Jean Monnet Action 620296-EPP-1-2020-1-ES-EPPJMO-MODULE); and “Concepción Arenal” research grant program of the University of Cantabria co-financed by the Government of Cantabria.ElsevierUniversidad de Cantabria20222022-09-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/10902/26997Policy and Society, 2022, 41(3), 343-357reponame:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabriainstname:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)InglésengEuropean Commission http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 870603open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/269972026-06-02T12:39:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Explaining public officials' opinions on blockchain adoption: a vignette experiment
title Explaining public officials' opinions on blockchain adoption: a vignette experiment
spellingShingle Explaining public officials' opinions on blockchain adoption: a vignette experiment
Cagigas Castro, Diego|||0000-0002-4974-6335
Blockchain
Public officials
Public services
Innovation policy
e-government
title_short Explaining public officials' opinions on blockchain adoption: a vignette experiment
title_full Explaining public officials' opinions on blockchain adoption: a vignette experiment
title_fullStr Explaining public officials' opinions on blockchain adoption: a vignette experiment
title_full_unstemmed Explaining public officials' opinions on blockchain adoption: a vignette experiment
title_sort Explaining public officials' opinions on blockchain adoption: a vignette experiment
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cagigas Castro, Diego|||0000-0002-4974-6335
Clifton, Judith|||0000-0001-6081-6800
Díaz Fuentes, Daniel|||0000-0002-6290-2363
Fernández Gutiérrez, Marcos|||0000-0002-4000-9283
Echevarría Cuenca, Juan
Gilsanz Gómez, Celia
author Cagigas Castro, Diego|||0000-0002-4974-6335
author_facet Cagigas Castro, Diego|||0000-0002-4974-6335
Clifton, Judith|||0000-0001-6081-6800
Díaz Fuentes, Daniel|||0000-0002-6290-2363
Fernández Gutiérrez, Marcos|||0000-0002-4000-9283
Echevarría Cuenca, Juan
Gilsanz Gómez, Celia
author_role author
author2 Clifton, Judith|||0000-0001-6081-6800
Díaz Fuentes, Daniel|||0000-0002-6290-2363
Fernández Gutiérrez, Marcos|||0000-0002-4000-9283
Echevarría Cuenca, Juan
Gilsanz Gómez, Celia
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author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad de Cantabria
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Blockchain
Public officials
Public services
Innovation policy
e-government
topic Blockchain
Public officials
Public services
Innovation policy
e-government
description Blockchain is emerging as one of the major disruptive technologies of our times. In the context of public administration, blockchain heralds major transformations of public service provision and has the potential to increase the transparency of, and citizens' trust in, public administration and its services. However, the introduction of blockchain to public administrations means potentially changing aspects of the job performed by public officials, including their day-to-day activities and responsibilities, and even their very control over administrative processes. While some public officials may view blockchain positively as a means of improving current administrative practices, others may view it more negatively and resist it. The acceptance or otherwise of blockchain is, therefore, a fundamental issue for analysis. We conduct a vignette experiment to probe public officials' opinions on the introduction of blockchain in the provision of public services in a local council. We follow an influential classification of blockchain configurations to analyze whether different configurations of blockchain affect public officials' opinions toward its implementation. Results show that a more public configuration of certain aspects of the blockchain increases the likelihood that public officials will accept blockchain, while it is also associated with an increase in trust in public administration and its services.
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