Incorporating attitude towards Halal banking in an integrated service quality, satisfaction, trust and loyalty model in online Islamic banking context

International Journal of Bank Marketing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-23

  Mohsin Butt, Muhammad ^a   Aftab, Muhammad ^b  

^a Jalan Broga University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Electrical Computer Engineering   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Banking; Customer satisfaction; E satisfaction; E service quality; Halal attitude; Halo effect; Internet; Islam; Islamic banking; Online banking; Online operations; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873039675     PISSN: 02652323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02652321311292029     Document Type: Article

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