E-government services and social media adoption: Experience of small local governments in Nebraska state

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 627-634

  Gao, Xian ^a   Lee, Jooho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; E government services; Facebook; Small local governments; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029640896     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2017.09.005     Document Type: Article

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