Global Information Technology Pressure and Government Accountability: The Mediating Effect of Domestic Context on Website Openness

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 509-538

  Welch, Eric W ^a   Wong, Wilson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0345856375     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a003513     Document Type: Article

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