Exploring user participation approaches in public e-service development

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-168

  Karlsson, Fredrik ^a,b   Holgersson, Jesper ^b   Söderström, Eva ^b   Hedström, Karin ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

E government; E service development; E services; Method rationale; User participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860361957     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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