Trajectories of local open government: An empirical investigation of managerial and political perceptions

‘Open government’ refers to transparent, participative decision-making and platform-based citizen-government collaboration has emerged as one paradigm at the local government level, in particular. However, substantial disparities exist open adoption among municipalities, empirical evidence on determinants of is sparse mixed. This article considers by integrating resource- knowledge-based views decision-makers’ willingness. We argue that positive impacts internal capacity depend municipal Using data from a survey conducted decision-makers, we investigate organizational ability implement decision-makers' preferences level. The findings indicate positively associated with government. In addition, effect partially mediated leaders’ perceptions meaningful opportunity for municipality.