How intentions to use of OGD and respective portals changed over time: evidence from a three-year study among Czech students

Abstract

Purpose Building an open data ecosystem is a long-term process during which it is necessary to collect feedback so that its development corresponds to the preferences and needs of users. The purpose of this paper is to provide findings and recommendations on how the intentions to use of Open Government Data (OGD) and OGD portals by Czech students evolved over the three years period from 2021 to 2023.Design/methodology/approach A mixed research approach was used to conduct the research study and to collect input data. A methodology followed the behavioural intention-based analysis using the model developed by Lnenicka et al. (2022) to analyse relationships between respective constructs and test the hypotheses. Each cycle of data collection using structured questionnaires was supplemented with semi-structured interviews to get students' feedback on the findings.Findings The findings revealed that intentions to use of OGD and OGD portals by Czech students slightly decrease every year. Although students believe that using OGD is beneficial, can increase their performance and productivity, as well as they are influenced by other people to try to (re)use OGD, they miss concrete support above their daily activities in which they could use OGD. Therefore, we provided recommendations to improve their (re)use such as linking OGD with life events to show their usefulness for concrete life situations and activities.Originality/value The study provides insights into how intentions to use of OGD and OGD portals among Czech students evolved over the years and what should be the actions to consider improving the level of use. It provides governments on all administrative levels the recommendations for further improvements and actions to promote and stimulate the (re)use of OGD by students as well as other stakeholders.