Sense and sensitivity: Power and shared services in public sector ICT

Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Government, ECEG

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 51-62

  Bannister, Frank ^a   Connolly, Regina ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

E government; Power; Public sector; Shared services

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL CONTROL; COMMON PROCESS; E-GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; NATURAL MODELS; POWER; PUBLIC SECTOR; SHARED SERVICE; THEORETICAL ASPECTS;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 84865578889     PISSN: 20491034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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