Valuating the

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EJISDC (2012) 55, 2, 1-17
The Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries 
http://www.ejisdc.org
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E
VALUATING THE 
A
NTI
-C
ORRUPTION 
C
APABILITIES OF 
P
UBLIC E
-
P
ROCUREMENT IN A 
D
EVELOPING 
C
OUNTRY
 
 
Arjun Neupane 
School of Information Systems 
University of Southern Queensland
Australia 
[e-mail]
 
Jeffrey Soar 
School of Information Systems 
University of Southern Queensland 
Australia 
[e-mail]
 
Kishor Vaidya 
School of Information Systems 
University of Southern Queensland,
Australia 
[e-mail]
 
 
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BSTRACT
 
This paper reports on research undertaken in Nepal into perceptions of trust in public e-
procurement systems and of their anti-corruption capabilities. The research set out to examine 
the relationships between factors including perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, trust, 
and intent to adopt anti-corruption technology in public procurement. The research was 
guided by the Technology Acceptance model and Principal-agent theory. The findings 
suggest that the intent-to-adopt public e-procurement has a positive and significant 
relationship with concepts of usefulness, ease of use, and trust when democratic governments 
in developing countries attempt to combat corruption in public procurement.
Keywords: Public e-procurement, intent-to-adopt e-procurement, technology acceptance, 
perceived benefits