Measuring the public value of e-government: A case study from Sri Lanka

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-99

  Karunasena, Kanishka ^a   Deng, Hepu ^a   Singh, Mohini ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication Technologies; Government; Public realtions; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952847656     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506161111114671     Document Type: Article

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