Culture, identity and information privacy in the age of digital government

Online Information Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 405-421

  Cullen, Rowena ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Culture; Japan; New Zealand; Privacy

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ATTITUDES; CULTURAL VALUE; CULTURE; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIGITAL GOVERNMENT; ETHNIC COMMUNITY; FOCUS GROUPS; INFORMATION PRIVACY; JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND; OFFLINE; ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PERSONAL IDENTITY; PERSONAL INFORMATION; PRIVACY; SECURITY AND PRIVACY;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

RESEARCH;

EID: 70249123439     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520910969871     Document Type: Article

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