Factors influencing e-diplomacy implementation: Exploring causal relationships using interpretive structural modelling

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 502-514

  Al Muftah, Hamad ^a   Weerakkody, Vishanth ^a   Rana, Nripendra P ^b   Sivarajah, Uthayasankar ^a   Irani, Zahir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital diplomacy; e Diplomacy; e Government; ICT maturity; Interpretive structural modelling (ISM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046069534     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2018.03.002     Document Type: Article

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