An Investigation of Factors Influencing Private Technology Organizations' Intention to Adopt Open Government Data in Saudi Arabia

Governments around the world are increasingly riding the wave of the open government data initiative, in which governments share their data freely to be used and reused by various stakeholders to stimulate innovation and economic growth, as well as promoting transparency and accountability. Private technology organizations are considered to be key players in the open government data ecosystem. Therefore, governments globally endeavor to encourage these organizations to adopt open government data to develop new social and economic benefits, products and services. However, adopting open government data is not an easy process because it relies on several factors. This research aims to investigate factors that may influence the decision of an organization to adopt open government data in Saudi Arabia. We have developed an integrated model to seek to understand why some organizations are willing to adopt open government data while others are not. This model was designed by combining aspects of two conceptual constructs, the technology-organization-environment framework and the information systems success model. These theories were extended by the addition of three components, political leadership, culture and open data intermediaries, to cover the open government data adoption context.