Chinese citizens? Opinions on e-government benefits, issues and critical success factors

Electronic Government

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-147

  Zhang, Yue Jeff ^a   Hsieh, Chang Tseh ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

China; E government; Internet user study; Local government; Success factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049104762     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2010.030924     Document Type: Article

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