Usability and credibility of e-government websites

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 584-595

  Huang, Zhao ^a   Benyoucef, Morad ^b  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Credibility; E government; Usability; User performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922329820     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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