E-government diffusion in Oman: A public sector employees' perspective

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-393

  Al Busaidy, Moaman ^a   Weerakkody, Vishanth ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Employee attitudes; Government; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350374072     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506160910997883     Document Type: Article

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