E-voting: From apathy to adoption

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 586-601

  Schaupp, L Christian ^a,c   Carter, Lemuria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Electoral systems; Government; Innovation; Internet; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444486086     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390510624025     Document Type: Review

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