Explaining public officials’ opinions on blockchain adoption: a vignette experiment

Abstract Blockchain is emerging as one of the major disruptive technologies our times. In context public administration, blockchain heralds transformations service provision and has potential to increase transparency of, citizens’ trust in, administration its services. However, introduction administrations means potentially changing aspects job performed by officials, including their day-to-day activities responsibilities, even very control over administrative processes. While some officials may view positively a improving current practices, others it more negatively resist it. The acceptance or otherwise is, therefore, fundamental issue for analysis. We conduct vignette experiment probe officials’ opinions on in services local council. follow an influential classification configurations analyze whether different affect toward implementation. Results show that configuration certain increases likelihood will accept blockchain, while also associated with