HOW CAN OPEN GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTE TO GENERATING PUBLIC VALUE? INTEGRATIVE REVIEW AND PROPOSAL OF AGENDA FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

We examined the literature on public value in the context of open government to identify gaps and propose a research agenda. We adopted the review protocol proposed by Cronin, Ryan, & Coughlan (2008), which consists of five sequential steps. Two criteria were established to determine the studies included in the sample. The selection and access to the literature were carried out in two international databases, without establishing a time limit for the sample. The verification was carried out with the support of Mendeley software and the data were entered into an electronic spreadsheet so that they could be tabulated. After searching the databases, 16 studies were selected, analyzed and classified into four different categories. The results show a trend of research involving non-governmental entities in the context of member countries of the Open Government Partnership (OGP). This study has some limitations: the choice of search descriptors that may not have included all the studies that address the topic; and the interpretative bias of the authors of this study. The literature on public value in the context of open government was identified and reviewed, culminating in the proposal of a research agenda, with some avenues not yet explored by previous studies involving the topic.