Implementing and managing e-government in the State of Qatar: A citizen's perspective

Electronic Government

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 436-450

  Al Shafi, Shafi ^a   Weerakkody, Vishanth ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awareness; Citizens; Developing countries; E government; Qatar; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448969697     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2007.015037     Document Type: Article

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