Summary information

Study title

Public Administration and Computers

Creator

Lange, Klaus (Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (GMD), Bonn )

Study number / PID

ZA1312, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.1312 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

The survey contains three major topics: 1. Attitude to offices and authorities, 2. Attitude to computer technology, 3. Attitude to use of computers in public administration. Topics: 1. Attitude to offices and authorities: attitude to government and satisfaction with government services; attitudes to further government regulation; conducting administrative activities in personal occupation; frequency and type of contacts with authorities; judgement on contacts with authorities; detailed judgement on impressions from contacts with authorities; manner and frequency of search for information on official matters; type of one´s own difficulties with trips to government offices; judgement on opportunities to object to government procedures; personal success in objecting to a government measure. 2. Attitude to computer technology: technical interest; significance of technology in personal occupation; word associations with the terms nuclear power plant, car and computer; direct contacts with a computer; general effects of computerization on the other areas of life outside of the working world (scales); image of the computer in the media on the one hand and in science fiction novels or science fiction films on the other hand; ability to control computers; assessment of the usefulness of terminal screen text and videotext as well as bank money machines. 3. Attitude to use of computers in public administration: understandability of computerized communications of officials; official reason for delays by reference to use of computers; assessment of credibility of such reasons; expected effects of use of computers in government offices (semantic differential); attitude to dealing of government offices with information and rights of citizens as well as extent of government demand for data about citizens (scale). 4. Miscellaneous: general attitude to life and optimism (scale); satisfaction in selected areas of life (scale); political interest; fear of loss of job;...
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Methodology

Data collection period

05/1983

Country

Germany

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Oral survey with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1984

Terms of data access

C - Data and documents are only released for academic research and teaching after the data depositor's written authorization. For this purpose the Data Archive obtains a written permission with specification of the user and the analysis intention.

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