Social media use in local government: Linkage of technology, task, and organizational context

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 397-405

  Oliveira, Gustavo Henrique Maultasch ^a   Welch, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

E Government; Local government; Social media; Socio technical system theory; Technology; Technology task coupling; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890151714     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2013.05.019     Document Type: Article

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