Evaluating websites from a public value perspective: A review of Turkish local government websites

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 351-363

  Karkin, Naci ^a,b   Janssen, Marijn ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

e Government; Public value; Turkish metropolitan municipality; Website; Website evaluation

Indexed keywords

E-GOVERNMENT;

CITIZEN ENGAGEMENTS; GOVERNMENT WEBSITES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; META ANALYSIS; METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITIES; PUBLIC VALUES; WEB EVALUATIONS; WEBSITE EVALUATION;

WEBSITES;

EID: 84899458597     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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