The role of institutional logics in the design of E-governance systems

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-30

  Mundkur, Anuradha ^a   Venkatesh, Murali ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E governance; Institutional logics; Institutional theory; Social construction of technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950780165     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331680802698943     Document Type: Article

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