Diffusion of e-government: A literature review and directions for future directions

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 631-636

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Xu, Xiaolin ^a   Xiao, Jianying ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion of e government; Influencing factors; Literature review; Research methods; Theoretical foundation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922413674     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2013.10.013     Document Type: Review

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