Channel choice and public service delivery in Canada: Comparing e-government to traditional service delivery

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Reddick, Christopher G ^a   Turner, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b E Government Strategies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channel choice; Citizens and e government; E government; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055180543     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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