E-government service quality: A qualitative evaluation in the case of Saudi Arabia

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Alanezi, Mohammed Ateeq ^a   Mahmood, Ahmad Kamil ^a   Basri, Shuib ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

e government service quality; Public sector websites; Saudi Arabia e government; Website evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872236314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2012.tb00382.x     Document Type: Article

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