E-government utilization: Understanding the impact of reputation and risk

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-97

  Carter, Lemuria ^a   Schaupp, Ludwig Christian ^b   Hobbs, Jeffrey ^c   Campbell, Ronald ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E File; E Government; Optimism Bias; Reputation; Risk; Technology Adoption; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860531962     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2012010105     Document Type: Article

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