City managers and e-government development: Assessing technology literacy and leadership needs

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 37-53

  Streib, Greg ^a   Navarro, Ignacio ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied knowledge assessment; E government; Leadership; Technology literacy

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; MANAGERS;

E-GOVERNMENT SERVICES; E-GOVERNMENTS; KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT; LEADERSHIP;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 56649086789     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2008100103     Document Type: Article

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