Impacts of organizational assimilation of e-government systems on business value creation: A structuration theory approach

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 576-594

  Hossain, Md Dulal ^a   Moon, Junghoon ^b   Kim, Jin Ki ^c   Choe, Young Chan ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Domination; E government systems; Empirical research; IT value; Legitimization; Organizational issues; Organizational meta structure; Signification; Structuration theory

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE;

ASSIMILATION; DOMINATION; E-GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; IT VALUE; LEGITIMIZATION; META STRUCTURES; ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES; SIGNIFICATION; STRUCTURATION THEORY;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 80053980483     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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