Factors influencing E-government progress in Oman: An employees' perspective

15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 1877-1891

  Al Busaidy, Moaman ^a   Weerakkody, Vishanth ^a   Dwivedi, Yogesh K ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confidence; Developing Countries; E government; IT workforce Capability; Oman; Trust

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE; E-GOVERNMENT; IT WORKFORCE; OMAN; TRUST;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 84870774609     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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