Dr. Yu-Che Chen
Electronic government, IT management, public network management, program evaluation, and quantitative methods
Overview of Scholarly Activity:
Professor Chen is an assistant professor of e-government and public management in the Division of Public Administration and Department of Political Science. He received his MPA and Ph.D. in Public Policy from Indiana University. In 2003, he became the lead and founding faculty member of the Public Policy and Administration Program’s e-government concentration at Iowa State University. He joined NIU in spring 2007. His research and teaching interests are electronic government, management of information technology, management networks, collaboration, and research methods. He and his colleagues received research grants from Iowa State University, the State of Iowa, and IBM Endowment of the Business of Government. The research results are published in scholarly journals, book chapters, and management reports. Dr. Chen currently serves on the Information Technology Committee of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Section on Science and Technology in Government for the American Society of Public Administration (ASPA). He also serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Electronic Government Research, the International Review of Public Administration, and the book entitled “Strategies for Local E-Government Adoption and Implementation: Comparative Studies.”
Selected Publications:
“Small Town Civic Structure and Interlocal Collaboration for Public Services,” (with Lois Morton and Ricardo Morse) in City & Community 7(1): 45-60, March 2008.
“Financing E-Government Business Transactions: An Enterprise Pricing Framework for G2B Services,” (with Kurt Thurmaier) in Public Administration Review 68(3): 537-548, May/June 2008.
“Managing Large-Scale Electronic Data for Public Administration Research: An Information System Approach.” In Kaifeng Yang and Gerald Miller (Eds). Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration, 2nd Edition. Baco Raton, FL: Auerbach Publications, Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 323-339, 2008.
“The Challenges of Building a Knowledge Management System for Local Collaboration,” (with Kurt Thurmaier) in Bruce Rocheleau, (Ed.), Case Studies in Digital Government, Hershey, PA: Idea Group Inc., pp. 281-297, 2007.
“Managing IT Outsourcing for Digital Government,” in Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and Matti Malkia (Ed), Encyclopedia of Digital Government, Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference, Volume III, pp. 1190-1195, 2007.
"Profiling the Adopters of e-Government Information and Services: The Influence of Psychological Characteristics, Civic Mindedness, and Information Channels," (with Daniela Dimitrova) Social Science Computer Review 24(2): 172-188, summer 2006.
"Electronic Government and Online Engagement: Citizen Interaction with Government via Web Portals ," (with Daniela Dimitrova) International Journal of Electronic Government Research 2(1): 54-76, 2006.
"Computer Security in Electronic Government: A State-local Education Information System," (with Alison Radl) International Journal of Electronic Government Research 1(1): 79-99, Jan-March, 2005.
Iowa E-Government Citizen Survey: Anticipating Demand and Understanding Financing Strategies , (with Kurt Thurmaier) Des Moines , IA: State of Iowa, September 2005.
"Digital Government Development Strategies: Lessons for Policy Makers from a Comparative Perspective." (with Richard Knepper) In Wayne Huang, Keng Siau, and Kwok Kee Wei (ed). Electronic Government Strategies and Implementation. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing (pp. 394-420), 2005.