Exploring the collective actions of public servants in e-government development

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-265

  Chou, Tzu Chuan ^a   Chen, Jau Rong ^b   Pu, Ching Kuo ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collective action problems; E government; Information literacy

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEMS; E GOVERNMENT; INFORMATION LITERACY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 43249116380     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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