Trust and security in the e-voting system

Electronic Government

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 343-360

  Chiang, Lichun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

e government; security; structural equation model; the e voting system; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049091857     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2009.027782     Document Type: Article

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