Testing the open government recipe: Are vision and voice good governance ingredients?

Authors

  • Alex Ingrams Leiden University
  • Wesley Kaufmann Tilburg University
  • Daan Jacobs Tilburg University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30636/jbpa.31.114

Keywords:

Open government, Transparency, Participation, Survey experiment

Abstract

Existing research shows that open government can result in better governance outcomes. However, there remains a gap in our understanding of how open government’s two component dimensions of transparency and participation – “vision” and “voice” – affect governance outcomes, and how they relate to each other within public decision-making. We use a survey experiment to test the impact of transparency and participation on a range of governance outcomes (satisfaction, perception of fairness, and trust) in a municipal decision-making process. The findings show that both transparency and participation positively affect these governance outcomes. However, we do not find support for an interaction effect of transparency and participation. Implications for research and practitioners are discussed.

Additional Files

Published

2020-02-16

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2020)

Section

Symposium on Government Transparency and Accountability

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How to Cite

Testing the open government recipe: Are vision and voice good governance ingredients?. (2020). Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.30636/jbpa.31.114