Study of Barriers to Electronic Banking in Iran with Meta-Analysis Approach

Abstract

The growth of various studies accomplished regarding the barriers to electronic banking and facing with a kind of dispersed information in this context necessitates performing combinational studies which would provide researchers with the extract of current studies related to this subject in a scientific and systematic way. The purpose of this study is to investigate the results of research works in the field of electronic banking barriers in Iran and to examine the 19 articles using the meta-analysis and comprehensive meta-analysis software (CMA2). A total of 10 studies have been selected and reviewed based on inclusive criteria. The result of meta-analysis regarding electronic banking barriers including 7 variables indicates that: managerial barriers with the effect size of 0.751, cultural barriers with the effect size of 0.598, regulatory barriers with the effect size of 0.579, technical barriers with the effect size of 0.544, and economic barriers with the effect size of 0.518 have the most preventive effect on the establishment and development of e-banking.

Keywords

• : meta-analysis
• effect-size
• electronic banking
• iranian organizations