Identifying barriers to e-government services for citizens in developing countries: An exploratory study

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 79-91

  Ray, Subhajyoti ^a  

^a XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Developing countries; E government; Exploratory factor analysis; Government project failure; Information system failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054865002     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2011070105     Document Type: Article

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