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Effective e-Government and Citizens Adoption in Egypt

by Mohamed M. Abbassy, Saleh Mesbah
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 133 - Number 7
Year of Publication: 2016
Authors: Mohamed M. Abbassy, Saleh Mesbah
10.5120/ijca2016907886

Mohamed M. Abbassy, Saleh Mesbah . Effective e-Government and Citizens Adoption in Egypt. International Journal of Computer Applications. 133, 7 ( January 2016), 7-13. DOI=10.5120/ijca2016907886

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author = { Mohamed M. Abbassy, Saleh Mesbah },
title = { Effective e-Government and Citizens Adoption in Egypt },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { January 2016 },
volume = { 133 },
number = { 7 },
month = { January },
year = { 2016 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 7-13 },
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url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume133/number7/23796-2016907886/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2016907886 },
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Abstract

Electronic Government is essential for most countries worldwide particularly in developing countries, e-Government execution contains technological, governing and social factors, which must be considered and treated carefully in order the end goal to encourage this change. This paper aim to study steps of powerful e-Government and distinguishes the variables that may empower citizen adoption in Egypt. The relevant activities and stakeholders are identified and analyzed to promote the development and effective of e-Government in Egypt. Factors required to increase citizen adoption are also studied of e-Government in Egypt. Factors required to expand citizen adoption are additionally examined. The results underline key benefits resulting from e-Government, explain the strategies used in effective and identify citizens’ adoption factors in e-Government. The findings also explain the relationships among those effective and identified citizen adoption of governmental e-service development in Egypt.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Effective E-Government E-Government adoption.

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