Data sharing in small and medium US cities: The role of community characteristics

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Fusi, Federica; Feeney, Mary K.
• 署名单位: University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/padm.12666
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 922-940
• 关键词: open government; PUBLIC MANAGEMENT; city size; PARTICIPATION; TRANSPARENCY; determinants; INNOVATION; adoption; involvement; PERSPECTIVE

摘要

This research investigates whether political, social and economic characteristics of local communities are related to data sharing between city departments and businesses and nonprofit organizations. Research about data sharing typically emphasizes managerial, organizational and technological factors in departments, largely neglecting community characteristics. The willingness to share data depends on the relationships between the government and external stakeholders, and these relationships are shaped by the political, social and economic characteristics of local communities. Using data from a 2016 survey of 2,500 department heads in 500 US cities with populations between 25,000 and 250,000, we find that data sharing increases in cities where communities are politically engaged, hold Democratic preferences, and there are higher rates of public sector employment and economic inequality. Data sharing is less likely to occur in communities with higher education and more nonprofit associations.