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E-Government Implementation for Internal Efficiency: Perceptions and Experiences of Control at City of Cape Town, South Africa

E-Government Implementation for Internal Efficiency: Perceptions and Experiences of Control at City of Cape Town, South Africa
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Author(s): Sandra Matatu (Rhodes University, South Africa)and Babalwa Magoqwana (Rhodes University, South Africa)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 10
Source title: Emerging Issues and Prospects in African E-Government
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Inderjeet Singh Sodhi (St. Wilfred's Post Graduate College–Jaipur, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6296-4.ch017

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Abstract

This chapter describes worker experiences of control in the context of e-government implementation in the City of Cape Town, South Africa. E-government is part of the governmental modernization project to enhance service delivery channels while promoting internal organizational efficiency. Based on the literature on control and surveillance in the workplace, this chapter looks at how workers perceive the e-government and how it affects their labor process. The participants in the study seem to be unclear of the direction and impact of e-government in the City of Cape Town's service provision. The research suggests that e-government has opened new possibilities and challenges for control at the City as enhanced service delivery for citizens is pursued.

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