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classification of the major dimensions of civil service systems-to test hypotheses about how the domestic context, as relevant to national civil service systems, mediates the effect of the global information technology (IT) pressure on government accountability in eight countries. Government accountability, as measured by website openness, increased over time. Nevertheless, while the global pressure of information technology leads to more government accountability at the global level, the domestic context leads to variations in the rates of adoption and effects of the global pressure at the national level. Conditions of high autonomy, high complexity, and low professionalism exacerbate the tendencies of bureaucrats to control information to consolidate power. These findings confirm the importance of the domestic context, particularly the civil service systems, in mediating the effect of global pressure.
Welch et al. (Mon,) studied this question.