An empirical investigation of banking customers’ perception of the viability of Islamic banking in Côte d’Ivoire

This study empirically examines the perceptions of bank customers in Côte d’Ivoire on the viability of Islamic banking in the country. Specifically, the study investigates the level of awareness of the bank customer respondents about Islamic banking as well as the factors that motivate their patrona...

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Main Authors:	Adewale, Abideen Adeyemi, Zare, Ibrahim
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	IIUM Press 2015
Subjects:	BL Religion HG Finance HG1501 Banking
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spelling	iium-471362016-07-17T07:32:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47136/ An empirical investigation of banking customers’ perception of the viability of Islamic banking in Côte d’Ivoire Adewale, Abideen Adeyemi Zare, Ibrahim BL Religion HG Finance HG1501 Banking This study empirically examines the perceptions of bank customers in Côte d’Ivoire on the viability of Islamic banking in the country. Specifically, the study investigates the level of awareness of the bank customer respondents about Islamic banking as well as the factors that motivate their patronage. A sample of 274 respondents residing in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire took part in this research. The data elicited via an adapted research instrument is subjected to both descriptive and inferential statistics using IBM SPSS AMoS software version 21. The results reveal that most of the Ivorian bank customers are aware of Islamic banking but lack knowledge about its operation. Moreover, the customers indicate commendable willingness to patronize the Islamic banks when established in Côte d’Ivoire as long as it is not relatively costlier to do so. The likely patronage-influencing factors include religion, banking-related and customer-related factors, and societal norms. Recommendations based on research findings are also offered. IIUM Press 2015-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47136/1/693-1616-2-PB_%281%29.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47136/4/47136_An_empirical_investigation_Scopus.pdf Adewale, Abideen Adeyemi and Zare, Ibrahim (2015) An empirical investigation of banking customers’ perception of the viability of Islamic banking in Côte d’Ivoire. Intellectual Discourse, 23 (spec.). pp. 425-451. ISSN 0128-4878 E-ISSN 2289-5639 http://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/693
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description	This study empirically examines the perceptions of bank customers in Côte d’Ivoire on the viability of Islamic banking in the country. Specifically, the study investigates the level of awareness of the bank customer respondents about Islamic banking as well as the factors that motivate their patronage. A sample of 274 respondents residing in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire took part in this research. The data elicited via an adapted research instrument is subjected to both descriptive and inferential statistics using IBM SPSS AMoS software version 21. The results reveal that most of the Ivorian bank customers are aware of Islamic banking but lack knowledge about its operation. Moreover, the customers indicate commendable willingness to patronize the Islamic banks when established in Côte d’Ivoire as long as it is not relatively costlier to do so. The likely patronage-influencing factors include religion, banking-related and customer-related factors, and societal norms. Recommendations based on research findings are also offered.
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author	Adewale, Abideen Adeyemi Zare, Ibrahim
author_facet	Adewale, Abideen Adeyemi Zare, Ibrahim
author_sort	Adewale, Abideen Adeyemi
title	An empirical investigation of banking customers’ perception of the viability of Islamic banking in Côte d’Ivoire
title_short	An empirical investigation of banking customers’ perception of the viability of Islamic banking in Côte d’Ivoire
title_full	An empirical investigation of banking customers’ perception of the viability of Islamic banking in Côte d’Ivoire
title_fullStr	An empirical investigation of banking customers’ perception of the viability of Islamic banking in Côte d’Ivoire
title_full_unstemmed	An empirical investigation of banking customers’ perception of the viability of Islamic banking in Côte d’Ivoire
title_sort	empirical investigation of banking customers’ perception of the viability of islamic banking in côte d’ivoire
publisher	IIUM Press
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/47136/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47136/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47136/1/693-1616-2-PB_%281%29.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/47136/4/47136_An_empirical_investigation_Scopus.pdf
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An empirical investigation of banking customers’ perception of the viability of Islamic banking in Côte d’Ivoire

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