How e-Government managers prioritise rival value positions: The efficiency imperative

Information Polity

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-59

  Rose, Jeremy ^a,b   Persson, John Stouby ^b   Heeager, Lise Tordrup ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bureaucracy; E Government; IS management; local government; New Public Management; public administration; value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942792503     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IP-150349     Document Type: Article

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