User Acceptance of e-government Services: Examining an e-tax Filing and Payment System in Thailand

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 672-695

  Bhuasiri, Wannasiri ^a   Zo, Hangjung ^b   Lee, Hwansoo ^c   Ciganek, Andrew P ^d  

^a Ministry of Information and Communication Technology   (Thailand)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Dankook University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

e government services; e tax filing and payment system; self determination theory; survey research; Thailand; unified theory of acceptance and use of technology

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PRODUCTIVITY; SURVEYS; TAXATION;

E-GOVERNMENT SERVICES; PAYMENT SYSTEMS; SELF-DETERMINATION THEORIES; SURVEY RESEARCH; THAILAND; UNIFIED THEORY OF ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY;

E-GOVERNMENT;

EID: 84976332513     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2016.1173001     Document Type: Article

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