Demographic influence on UK citizens' e-government adoption

Electronic Government

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-274

  Dwivedi, Yogesh K ^a   Williams, Michael D ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital divide; E government; Regression analysis; Technology adoption; UK citizens

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349099394     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2008.018874     Document Type: Article

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