The gap between citizens and e-government projects: The case for Jordan

Electronic Government

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-287

  Mofleh, Samer ^a   Wanous, Mohammed ^a   Strachan, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizens' needs; Customer centric; Developing countries; E government; Jordan; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349085266     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2008.018875     Document Type: Article

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