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- Title
- Share of wallet in retail banking : a comparison of Caucasians in Canada and Australia vis-à-vis Chinese in China and overseas Chinese
- Related
- International journal of bank marketing, Vol. 30, Issue 2, (2012), p.88-101
- DOI
- 10.1108/02652321211210868
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing
- Date
- 2012
- FoR/RFCD Code(s)
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150500 Marketing
- Author/Creator
- Baumann, Chris
- Author/Creator
- Hamin,
- Author/Creator
- Tung, Rosalie L
- Description
- Purpose – This study aims to investigate investing and borrowing behavior in retail banking between ethnic groups, specifically the Caucasians vis-à-vis the Chinese. Design/methodology/approach – A total sample of 645 Caucasians and Chinese in Australia, Canada and China were tested for their level of business assigned to their main banks, defined as share of wallet (SOW) in this study. The study applied multivariate analyses. Findings – No significant differences were found between the ethnic Chinese in Australia and Canada in comparison to their counterparts in mainland China, or compared with the Caucasians in Australia and Canada. This finding of convergence suggests that ethnic Chinese have adapted to the local banking behavior. The ethnic Chinese in Australia and Canada assigned 81-88 percent of their assets to their main banks, in comparison to only 72 percent for their counterparts in China and 73 percent for the Caucasians. As such, the ethnic Chinese in Australia and Canada have developed their own unique behavior, resulting in crossvergence: an over-adaptation to local behavior in managing their assets, and a mid-way approach between the Chinese in China and the local Caucasians when it comes to borrowing money. Practical implications – For bank marketing managers, this form of crossvergence constitutes a challenge as it suggests that gaining the trust of Chinese customers is complex since the SOW is lowest in the booming emerging market (i.e. China) whereas ethnic Chinese consumers in Western markets have formed their own unique pattern of allocating business to their banks. “Ethnic banking” is suggested to offer tailored services to ethnic groups in order to satisfy their specific money management. Originality/value – This study establishes that Chinese consumers in Western markets are a distinct consumer group. Products and services need to be specially customized to suit their wants and needs.
- Description
- 14 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- 150500 Marketing
- Subject Keyword
- Australia
- Subject Keyword
- Banking
- Subject Keyword
- Borrowing
- Subject Keyword
- Canada
- Subject Keyword
- China
- Subject Keyword
- Cross-cultural studies
- Subject Keyword
- Ethnic groups
- Subject Keyword
- Investments
- Subject Keyword
- National cultures
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Marketing and Management
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/160622
- Identifier
- ISSN:0265-2323
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2011004920
- Identifier
- mq_res-20120319-150753
- Language
- eng
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