Internal factors affecting the adoption and use of government websites

Electronic Government

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-136

  Detlor, Brian ^a   Hupfer, Maureen E ^a   Ruhi, Umar ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community municipal portals; E government; Government websites; Internal factors; IS adoption and use; Website implementation; Website strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049125224     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2010.030923     Document Type: Article

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