Qurrota Ayun Majid, Dana Indra Sensuse
The digital transformation of government needs to shift from simply digitizing public services to strengthening citizen engagement as an essential part of citizen-driven governance. Nevertheless, digital government evaluation frameworks still focus on technological readiness and service delivery and the factors of citizen engagement are yet to be comprehensively articulated. In this study, we aim to identify and analyze the factors affecting citizen engagement in digital government through a systematic literature review (SLR) with an integrated Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and Technology–Organization–Environment (TOE) perspective. Based on 37 peer-reviewed studies published between 2020 and 2025, we have identified 54 factors that can be categorized into seven main categories: individual determinants, technological context, organizational context, and environmental context. In addition to identifying factors, the study also distinguishes whether the evidence backing each of them is high or low, and which of these factors is consistent across contexts. We find that although individual factors are associated with technology adoption and initial engagement, the structural and sustainable factors affecting citizen engagement are strongest and more consistently experienced across the organization and environment. This study contributes theoretically to the understanding of citizen participation as a systemic digital governance phenomenon through the integration of UTAUT-TOE and to the policy-making and digital public service managers to design more inclusive and participatory digital government initiatives. Future work is in order to empirically confirm the findings and their real-world utility across different administrative and socio-economic settings, especially in developing countries.