Evaluating usability, user satisfaction and intention to revisit for successful e-government websites

Electronic Government

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-19

  Byun, Dae Ho ^a   Finnie, Gavin ^b  

^a Kyungsung University   (South Korea)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E government; Factor analysis; Revisiting intention; South Korea; Structural equation model; Usability; Usability factors; User satisfaction; User testing; Website evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650735926     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2011.037694     Document Type: Article

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