The motivations for citizens' adoption of e-government: An empirical study in the UAE

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 240-264

  Mouakket, Samar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Business information systems; Computer self efficacy; e government; Quality of internet connection; Security issues; TAM; Technology acceptance model; UAE; Website features

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955192725     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2010.034356     Document Type: Article

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