ABSTRACT
This study examines the perceived understanding of public managers regarding what constitutes high-quality data and its roles in supporting data-driven decision-making. In-depth interviews with 21 public managers of agencies and offices at the Regency of Bojonegoro, Indonesia were conducted to gather the empirical data. Our findings demonstrate that, in the case of a developing country such as Indonesia, insufficient policies and regulations and a non-existent evaluative framework for data quality, amplified by disruptive local tradition and the ingrained autocratic administration, significantly affect how public managers view data quality and its roles in data-driven decision-making.
