Adoption of ICT in a government organization in a developing country: An empirical study

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-154

  Gupta, Babita ^a   Dasgupta, Subhasish ^b   Gupta, Atul ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Satpura Bhavan   (India)

Author keywords

Developing country; eGovernment; India; Information and communication technology adoption; UTAUT model

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; EGOVERNMENT; UTAUT MODEL;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 44149115761     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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