Understanding civil servants' intentions to open data: factors influencing behavior to disclose data

Purpose: The opening of government data is high on the policy agenda of governments worldwide. However, data release faces barriers due to limited support of civil servants, whereas the literature neglects civil servants' role in opening data. This paper aims at understanding why civil servants can be reluctant to support the disclosure of data....

Changer le comportement des agents publics face à l’ouverture des données publiques: évaluation de l’effet d’un jeu par comparaison des intentions avant et après l’intervention

Les administrations adoptent de plus en plus des politiques d’ouverture des données. Toutefois, les agents publics jugent difficile de respecter ces nouvelles politiques. Les jeux peuvent les aider à pratiquer l’ouverture des données et à modifier leur comportement en faveur d’une plus grande ouverture. Dans cet article, nous évaluons l’effet d...

Gaming for Meaningful Interactions in Teleworking Lessons Learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic from Integrating Gaming in Virtual Meetings

The recent need for social-distancing caused by COVID-19 resulted in working remotely, which can cause loneliness and disconnect from the organization. The pandemic stimulated people to look for novel ways to interact and, at the same time, socialize with each other. The change to home office increased the number of people using digital video...

A systematic literature review on the use of games for attitude change: Searching for factors influencing civil servants' attitudes

Governments are increasingly using games for civic engagement, decision making, and education. Serious gaming is a type of game that has often been advocated as a means for changing the attitude of its players and can be used for changing the attitude of civil servants. However, the relationship between games and attitude change in civil...

Changing civil servants’ behaviour concerning the opening of governmental data.: Evaluating the effect of a game by comparing civil servants’ intentions before and after a game intervention

Open data policies are increasingly being adopted by governments. However, civil servants find it challenging to comply with open data policies. Gaming can help civil servants to practise opening data and can change their behaviour to support the opening of more data. In this article, the effect of playing a game is evaluated in an experiment...