Social media adoption and resulting tactics in the U.S. federal government

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-130

  Mergel, Ines ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion of innovation; Qualitative network analysis; Social media adoption; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875383219     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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