Bridging the gaps between e-government practice and research: A meta-study for policy development

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-84

  Kromidha, Endrit ^a   Cordoba Pachon, Jose Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; E government; Institutional theory; Meta study; Policy; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898487973     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPSM-05-2012-0064     Document Type: Article

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