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IT and Government Corruption in Developing Countries: A Literature Review and Reframing

Atta Addo
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Corruption is a significant challenge confronting government administration in developing countries with adverse implications for information technologies implemented to stamp it out. ICT4D, information systems and related studies of government corruption continue to shed light on the phenomena but have an undertheorized view of corruption, its relationship with IT, as well as the role of IT in curbing corruption. Research underemphasizes the socially embedded nature of corruption by treating corruption as a problem of individuals who act corruptly out of rational self-interest or internalized social structures. Drawing on a review of relevant literature, this article suggests a reframing to better align research on IT and government corruption with a socially embedded perspective that considers the formative organizational and broader contexts of developing countries to improve explanations of the complex and seemingly intractable phenomena.
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hal-02285305 , version 1 (12-09-2019)

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Atta Addo. IT and Government Corruption in Developing Countries: A Literature Review and Reframing. 15th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries (ICT4D), May 2019, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. pp.402-413, ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-18400-1_33⟩. ⟨hal-02285305⟩
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