Operational risk management and customer complaints: The role of product complexity as a moderator
Benchmarking: An International Journal
ISSN: 1463-5771
Article publication date: 6 August 2019
Issue publication date: 20 September 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between operational risk management and customer complaints. It also determines whether product complexity moderates the relationship between the operational risk management and customer complaints.
Design/methodology/approach
This study utilizes a quantitative method: quantitative data were collected using a questionnaire. The population of this study is 1,845 local conventional bank branches based in Malaysia.
Findings
The findings revealed that components of operational risk management, namely practice of hazard identification and formulation of implementation of risk control, have negative and significant relationships with customer complaints. Empirical evidence confirmed the moderating effects of product complexity on the relationship between operational risk management and customer complaints.
Originality/value
From the perspective of developing countries, the main contribution of this study is the elucidation of the effect of operational risk management on customer complaints in commercial banks in Malaysia. This study confirmed the usability of the resource-based view theory in the banking industry, as well as operational risk management as a bank resource.
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Citation
Abdul Rahim, N.F., Ahmed, E.R., Sarkawi, M.N., Jaaffar, A.R. and Shamsuddin, J. (2019), "Operational risk management and customer complaints: The role of product complexity as a moderator", Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 26 No. 8, pp. 2486-2513. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-04-2018-0089
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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