Diffusion and Assimilation of Government Microblogging: Evidence from Chinese cities

Public Management Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 274-295

  Ma, Liang ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; e government; innovation diffusion; Microblogging; municipalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896700765     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2012.725763     Document Type: Article

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