Analysis of the Impact of Government Characteristics on Emergency Management Information System Application

Abstract

This study used a sample of 293 government workers. Based on Delone and McLean's IS success model, we constructed the scale for evaluating Emergency Management Information System (EMIS) applications success. It was found that there are five Critical Success Factors(CSFs) are significantly related, and from Pearson correlation coefficients that the level of government and personal role as a top leader were important government and personal factors associating with EMIS application success. It was also found that internal organization management, external policy environment, City level government (a dummy variable) and User as a top leader (a dummy variable) are final significant variables. As conclusion, the level of branches and its management style, the different department style, the application role, and the individual specialty will impact government’s EMIS application success.