The critical success factors for websites for Chinese migrant farmer workers: a multi-case study

Authors:
Fang Wang;Lihong Gu
Affiliations:
Business School of Nankai University, Tianjin, China;Business School of Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Venue:
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance
Year:
2012

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Abstract

This paper is to explore the critical success factors for the websites for Chinese migrant farmer workers. A theoretical framework was put forward according to the theories of usability, information architecture, webometrics and business model. A multi-case study on 10 websites was conducted for testifying 7 hypotheses. Business model and a few technical properties were found to be the critical factors that influence the effect and sustainable development of these websites. The originality of this paper is that it adopted a managerial-technical perspective to explore the critical success factors of the MFW websites.