Predictive Factors of Withdrawal Behavior among Profit-Sharing Investment Depositors in Morocco: A Qualitative Study from the Perspective of Push-Pull-Mooring Framework

Sana Rhoudri () and Lotfi Benazzou
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Sana Rhoudri: UIT - Université Ibn Tofaïl
Lotfi Benazzou: UIT - Université Ibn Tofaïl

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Abstract: The main purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of deposit withdrawal behavior amongst profit-sharing deposit account holders. Based on the Push-Pull-Mooring theory, a qualitative study was conducted, with fifteen personal interviews undertaken with profit-sharing investment depositors selected from three participatory banks using a purposive sampling technique. Assessment of the predictive factors determining deposit withdrawal behavior resulted in three categories. The push factors were found to be, in order of decreasing frequency: (1) Sharia non-compliance risk, (2) lower rate of return, (3) deposit guarantee scheme and (4) customer relationship quality failure. The push factors were labeled as (a) conventional term deposit attractiveness, (b) conventional banks history and (c) number of branches. The mooring factors were found to be: (i) religiosity, (ii) switching costs, (iii) third party influence and (iv) involuntary switching factors. This study has limitations that should be considered for future research. First and foremost, all interviewees were selected by the banks' managers. Moreover, they were identified as individual depositors; thus, they displayed opinions, which may differ from those of corporate depositors. Despite the discussed limitations, the findings generated from this study have important implications for researchers, financial marketing managers as well as the policy makers and regulators. In terms of contribution to the body of knowledge, the study aimed to investigate the predictive factors of deposit withdrawal behavior in another context, that of Morocco, which has not yet been explored in the literature. In addition, the findings of this study are critical to financial marketing managers for strategic marketing programs as it stresses the importance of satisfaction dimensions within a dual banking system, as is the case in Morocco. Furthermore, this study provides great indications to the policy makers and regulators on the perception of the Moroccan investment account depositors, in order to develop policies that could improve the participatory banking system in Morocco.

Keywords: Withdrawal Behavior; Switching Behavior; Profit-Sharing Investment Deposits; Participatory Banks; Push-Pull-Mooring Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-07-30
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Published in International Journal of Accounting, Finance, Auditing, Management and Economics, 2021, 2 (4), pp.498-516. ⟨10.5281/zenodo.5148361⟩

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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5148361

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