A Multi-Method Evaluation of Different Models of Structured Electronic Consultation on Government Policies

Information Systems Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 284-294

  Loukis, Euripidis ^a   Wimmer, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b University of Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

electronic consultation (e consultation); electronic forum (e forum); electronic participation (e participation); issue based information systems (IBIS)

Indexed keywords

E-PARTICIPATION; ELECTRONIC CONSULTATION (E-CONSULTATION); ELECTRONIC FORUM; EVALUATION METHODS; ISSUE-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IBIS); MULTI METHODS; QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

HARDWARE;

EID: 84867247018     PISSN: 10580530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10580530.2012.716990     Document Type: Article

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