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This contribution deals with digital literacy in public administration and shows results of expert interviews.

The article deals with the creation of public value in public administration

under the consideration of digital aspects.

The City of Konstanz publishes the annual report of the digital guides project in which the department participated as scientific partner

Prof. Dr. Ines Mergel has been elected into the steering committee as financial officer and will now support the Society in its aim to support the University of Konstanz’s development and activities and to cultivate new and existing contacts between the university and the region.

The organisation "TRAFO – Netzwerk transferorientierter

Lehre in Baden-Württemberg" and Prof. Dr. Mergel will host a conference for Digital Transformation in the Wolkensteinsaal in Konstanz on the 31rd of January 2020. Universities, researchers, teachers as well as municipalities are invited to participate and connect.

Abstract: Attracting highly skilled IT talent has become a priority and an immense burden for government organizations—especially when they have other—higher paying—employment opportunities. We set out to explore why IT professionals choose a government job to make an impact on society. We aim at disentangling the effects of different types of motives, such as extrinsic, intrinsic, and other-oriented motivational forces on the decision to accept a challenging government IT job. We use…