Predictors for e-government adoption in Jordan: Deployment of an empirical evaluation based on a citizen-centric approach

Information Technology and People

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-234

  Alomari, Mohammad ^a   Woods, Peter ^a   Sandhu, Kuldeep ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Developing countries; E government; Factors; Information society; Intention to use; Jordan; Middle East

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861823868     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593841211232712     Document Type: Article

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