The small group subtlety of using ICT for participatory governance: A South African experience

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-211

  Twinomurinzi, Hossana ^a   Phahlamohlaka, Jackie ^b   Byrne, Elaine ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Collaboration engineering; Diffusion of innovations; E collaboration; Multi purpose community centres; Participative e governance; Public service delivery; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860376043     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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