Internet banking and quality of service: Perspectives from a developing nation in the Middle East

Online Information Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-72

  Sohail, M Sadiq ^a   Shaikh, Nassar M ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b PRINCE MOHAMMAD BIN FAHD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Customer services quality; Internet; Saudi Arabia; Virtual banking

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INTERNET;

INTERNET BANKING; QUALITY SERVICES;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 40249113990     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520810865985     Document Type: Article

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