Investigating the importance of factors influencing integration technologies adoption in local government authorities

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 302-331

  Kamal, Muhammad Mustafa ^a   Alsudairi, Mohamed ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Local government; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349696086     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506160910979388     Document Type: Article

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