Making e-Government systems workable: Exploring the evolution of frames

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-98

  Azad, Bijan ^a   Faraj, Samer ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black boxing; e Government; Frame evolution; IT implementation; Negotiation; Obligatory point of passage; Technology frame

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MESSAGE PASSING;

E-GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS; FRAME EVOLUTION; STAKEHOLDERS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 44149104362     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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