A cross-cultural comparison of Kuwaiti and British citizens' views of e-government interface quality

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-86

  Aladwani, Adel M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

E government interface quality; Importance performance view; National culture; Persuasive quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870314085     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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