Trust, justice and the continued use of e-filing

Electronic Government

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 207-222

  Azmi, Anna Che ^a   Aziz, Nurul Fatma ^b  

^a University of Malaya   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

e filing; e government; Justice; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934274018     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2015.070132     Document Type: Article

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