Evaluating the usability of developing countries’ e-government sites: a user perspective

Electronic Government

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-281

  Choudrie, Jyoti ^a   Wisal, Jawad ^a   Ghinea, Gheorghita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

developing countries; government; government portals; usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953187760     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2009.024944     Document Type: Article

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