Consumer attitudes and purchase intentions toward Islamic banks: The influence of religiosity

International Journal of Bank Marketing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 143-161

  Souiden, Nizar ^a   Rani, Marzouki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Banking; Consumer attitudes; Consumer behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958524039     PISSN: 02652323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJBM-10-2013-0115     Document Type: Article

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