The key organisational issues affecting e-government adoption in Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Al Shehry, Abdullah ^a   Rogerson, Simon ^b   Fairweather, N Ben ^b   Prior, Mary ^b  

^a Prince Nayef College   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E government; IS adoption; Organisational issues; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

E-GOVERNMENT; E-GOVERNMENT ADOPTIONS; E-GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; IS ADOPTION; KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA; ORGANISATIONAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 70350007961     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2009070201     Document Type: Article

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