The distinctive lexicon and consensual conception of e-Government: An exploratory perspective

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 577-597

  Hu, Guangwei ^a   Pan, Wenwen ^b   Wang, Jie ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanjing College for Population Programme Management   (China)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual construction; consensual conception; e Government; lexicographic analysis; public administration; semantic reasoning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATABASE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77956963713     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852310372447     Document Type: Article

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