A meta-analysis of existing research on citizen adoption of e-government

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 547-563

  Rana, Nripendra P ^a   Dwivedi, Yogesh K ^a   Williams, Michael D ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizen adoption; E Government; Meta analysis; Theoretical constructs; Weight analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CITIZEN ADOPTION; E-GOVERNMENTS; META ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTS; WEIGHT ANALYSIS;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 84929521058     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: 15729419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-013-9431-z     Document Type: Article

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