International Journal of Qualitative Research
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2026): July (In Progress)

Building public value in hybrid e-government services: lessons from Indonesian passport service delivery

Rasona Sunara Akbar (Politeknik Imigrasi dan Pemasyarakatan Indonesia)
Triyuni Soemartono (Universitas Prof. Dr. Moestopo (Beragama), Indonesia)
Pandji Sukmana (Universitas Prof. Dr. Moestopo (Beragama), Indonesia)
T. Herry Rachmatsyah (Universitas Prof. Dr. Moestopo (Beragama), Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jul 2026

Abstract

The digitalization of travel documents through the M-Paspor application has transformed Indonesian immigration administration. However, the hybrid nature of passport services, which combines digital registration with face-to-face verification, requires an evaluation that goes beyond technical performance toward substantive public value creation. This descriptive-exploratory qualitative study analyzes how information quality, system quality, and face-to-face service quality interact with user satisfaction to shape public value in travel document services across five Immigration Offices in Jakarta. Informants were selected purposively and consisted of 20 participants, including immigration policymakers, frontline officers, and citizen users. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, structured observations, and document review, and were analyzed using the interactive model of Miles, Huberman, and SaldaƱa. The findings show that accurate information and reliable systems provide administrative certainty, but public value is weakened when upload instructions, quota information, and server performance are inconsistent. In hybrid service delivery, responsive and empathetic frontline officers function as a corrective layer that converts technical convenience into satisfaction, trust, compliance legitimacy, and operational capacity. The study concludes that public value in digital immigration services is produced through the integration of reliable digital infrastructure and human-centered service quality.

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Journal Info

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ijqr

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Subject

Humanities Environmental Science Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

Description

International Journal of Qualitative Research is an International Journal, Peer-Reviewed, and Open Access which is devoted to disseminating the results of qualitative research. IJQR does not accept a critical review manuscript. The scope of publication in the International Journal of Qualitative ...