E-government and organizational change: Reappraising the role of ICT and bureaucracy in public service delivery

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 279-286

  Cordella, Antonio ^a   Tempini, Niccolò ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E bureaucracy; E government; ICT enabled public sector reforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938289364     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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