Government Data Openness and Coverage. How do They Affect Trust in European Countries?

Purpose: This paper aims to assess if the extent of openness and the coverage of data sets released by European governments have a significant impact on citizen trust in public institutions. Design/methodology/approach: Data for openness and coverage have been collected from the Open Data Inventory...

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Autores: Gonzálvez Gallego, Nicolás, Nieto Torrejón, Laura
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM)
Repositório:RIUCAM. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
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Palavra-chave:Open government data
Open data
Trust
Public policy
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spelling Government Data Openness and Coverage. How do They Affect Trust in European Countries?Gonzálvez Gallego, NicolásNieto Torrejón, LauraOpen government dataOpen dataTrustPublic policyPurpose: This paper aims to assess if the extent of openness and the coverage of data sets released by European governments have a significant impact on citizen trust in public institutions. Design/methodology/approach: Data for openness and coverage have been collected from the Open Data Inventory 2018 (ODIN), by Open Data Watch; institutional trust is built up as a formative construct based on the European Social Survey (ESS), Round 9. The relations between the open government data features and trust have been tested on the basis of structural equation modelling (SEM). Findings: The paper reveals that as European governments improve data openness, disaggregation, and time coverage, people tend to trust them more. However, the size of the effect is still small and, comparatively, data coverage effect on citizens’ confidence is more than twice than the impact of openness. Research limitations: This paper analyzes the causal effect of Open Government Data (OGD) features captured in a certain moment of time. In upcoming years, as OGD is implemented and a more consistent effect on people is expected, time series analysis will provide with a deeper insight. Practical implications: Public officers should continue working in the development of a technological framework that contributes to make OGD truly open. They should improve the added value of the increasing amount of open data currently available in order to boost internal and external innovations valuable both for public agencies and citizens. Originality/value: In a field of knowledge with little quantitative empirical evidence, this paper provides updated support for the positive effect of OGD strategies and it also points out areas of improvement in terms of the value that citizens can get from OGD coverage and openness.Administración y Dirección de EmpresasEconomía y Empresa2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10952/8710reponame:RIUCAM. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murciainstname:Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.ucam.edu:10952/87102026-06-07T18:35:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Government Data Openness and Coverage. How do They Affect Trust in European Countries?
title Government Data Openness and Coverage. How do They Affect Trust in European Countries?
spellingShingle Government Data Openness and Coverage. How do They Affect Trust in European Countries?
Gonzálvez Gallego, Nicolás
Open government data
Open data
Trust
Public policy
title_short Government Data Openness and Coverage. How do They Affect Trust in European Countries?
title_full Government Data Openness and Coverage. How do They Affect Trust in European Countries?
title_fullStr Government Data Openness and Coverage. How do They Affect Trust in European Countries?
title_full_unstemmed Government Data Openness and Coverage. How do They Affect Trust in European Countries?
title_sort Government Data Openness and Coverage. How do They Affect Trust in European Countries?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gonzálvez Gallego, Nicolás
Nieto Torrejón, Laura
author Gonzálvez Gallego, Nicolás
author_facet Gonzálvez Gallego, Nicolás
Nieto Torrejón, Laura
author_role author
author2 Nieto Torrejón, Laura
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Open government data
Open data
Trust
Public policy
topic Open government data
Open data
Trust
Public policy
description Purpose: This paper aims to assess if the extent of openness and the coverage of data sets released by European governments have a significant impact on citizen trust in public institutions. Design/methodology/approach: Data for openness and coverage have been collected from the Open Data Inventory 2018 (ODIN), by Open Data Watch; institutional trust is built up as a formative construct based on the European Social Survey (ESS), Round 9. The relations between the open government data features and trust have been tested on the basis of structural equation modelling (SEM). Findings: The paper reveals that as European governments improve data openness, disaggregation, and time coverage, people tend to trust them more. However, the size of the effect is still small and, comparatively, data coverage effect on citizens’ confidence is more than twice than the impact of openness. Research limitations: This paper analyzes the causal effect of Open Government Data (OGD) features captured in a certain moment of time. In upcoming years, as OGD is implemented and a more consistent effect on people is expected, time series analysis will provide with a deeper insight. Practical implications: Public officers should continue working in the development of a technological framework that contributes to make OGD truly open. They should improve the added value of the increasing amount of open data currently available in order to boost internal and external innovations valuable both for public agencies and citizens. Originality/value: In a field of knowledge with little quantitative empirical evidence, this paper provides updated support for the positive effect of OGD strategies and it also points out areas of improvement in terms of the value that citizens can get from OGD coverage and openness.
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