Interactions with e-government, new digital media and traditional channel choices: Citizen-initiated factors

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 398-419

  Reddick, Christopher ^a   Anthopoulos, Leonidas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Canada; Channel choice; E government; Social media; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937908691     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/TG-01-2014-0001     Document Type: Article

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