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Identifying Key Barriers To Customer Retention In Banking Sector Of Pakistan

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  • Zaid Bin Khalid

    (Department of Business Administration, University of the Punjab, Gujranwala Campus)

  • Naveed Iqbal Chaudhry

    (Department of Business Administration, University of the Punjab, Gujranwala Campus)

  • IqraArif

    (Department of Business Administration, University of the Punjab, Gujranwala Campus)

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this research is to find out the barriers to customer retention in banking sector of Pakistan.This paper aims to enhance the understanding about the barriers that influence the customer retention in banking organizations.Methodology – A qualitative mathematical based technique called interpretive structural modeling ISM is employed to identify the barriers and to understand interaction and mutual relationships among them.Findings – Seven barriers to customer retention are identified through extensive literature review and subsequent opinions of experts from banking industry and academia.Contextual relationships have been established and ISM based model is developed to represent the mutual interaction among diagnosed barriers.The matrix crossreference multiplication applied to a classification MICMAC analysis has also been carried out to classify the nature of barriers according to their dependence and driving power.Practical Implications – The adoption of ISM based hierarchal model in this study would help in understanding the barriers and provide useful insights to top managers and policy makers of banking sector who want to focus and minimize these barriers in order to retain their customers for longer time period.

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  • Zaid Bin Khalid & Naveed Iqbal Chaudhry & IqraArif, 2017. "Identifying Key Barriers To Customer Retention In Banking Sector Of Pakistan," IBT Journal of Business Studies (JBS), Ilma University, Faculty of Management Science, vol. 13(1), pages 133-147.
    • Handle: RePEc:aib:ibtjbs:v:13:y:2017:i:1:p:133-147
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.46745/ilma.ibtjbs.2017.131.11
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