Explaining the low utilization of government websites: Using a grounded theory approach

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 610-621

  Wang, Fang ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative information sources; Government website; Grounded theory; Information source selection; User needs; Utilization; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922332029     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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