Exploring digitally enabled service transformation in the public sector: Would institutional and structuration theory concepts keep the research talking?

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1-14

  Omar, Amizan ^a   El Haddadeh, Ramzi ^b   Weerakkody, Vishanth ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Digitally enabled; E government; Information system; Institutional theory; Public administration; Public sector; Structuration theory

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DIGITALLY ENABLED; E-GOVERNMENTS; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; PUBLIC SECTOR; STRUCTURATION THEORY;

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 85012156014     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/IJEGR.2016100101     Document Type: Article

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