Abstract:
This study was carried out according to the new public management concept of the government sector that encouraged the adaptation of the knowledge to the private sector to be applied in the management of the government sector. The research was undertaken through realism philosophy by creating the model of e-service to provide the Thai public service focused on citizen relationship. The model was created from the knowledge of the private sector management concept both in theory and from real experience. Then, the model was tested with the people using the e-service through the government website. The method of study was performed using the combination of theoretical research, the interviews on the success of private sector management and the research method on the internet. From the survey of the e-service users data through the government websites of 3 ministerial groups, came the 1.807 population samples for testing the hypothetic theory model with empirical data by means of AMOS 5.0 program (Analysis of Moment Structures) for the analysis to find out the casual relationship of the element factors within the structural equation that became the citizen relationship service. The results of the study showed that the e-service management theoretical concept of the private sector was consistent with the experience from the success of management by the website administrators of private sector. The management that emphasized the responses to the needs of the customers or customer relationship management (CRM). The test of hypothetic theory model that developed for the theory and the management experience of the private sector were consistent and harmonious with the empirical data. The result of the casual relationship analysis of the model could be explained that, the e-service for providing service delivery in the Thai public sector which became the citizen relationship service received the overall influence and direct influence from casual factors on the quality of the e-service the most; as well s receiving the indirect influence form casual factors on the inconsistency of the access to the information technology and knowledge the most.