Interactive e-government services: modelling user perceptions with eQual

Electronic Government

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-228

  Barnes, Stuart J ^a   Vidgen, Richard ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eQual; evaluation; linear regression; online tax submission; personal characteristics; quality; website

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969451541     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2004.005179     Document Type: Article

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