Mapping the Risks and Risk Management Practices in Islamic Banking

CHAPTER 10Contextualising the Findings: An Interpretative Discussion

The discussion in this chapter is based on the results of the conceptual aspects of the research that were gained from the literature review and from data collected and analysed in order to investigate risk management issues in Islamic banking. The available studies on similar subjects are mostly theoretical in nature, considering primary data research only. The results of the current study will therefore fill a significant gap in current scholarship by providing vital empirical information about risk management in Islamic banking.

In the last three chapters, Chapters 7, 8 and 9, the findings of the quantitative and qualitative data analysis were presented. This chapter discusses the implications of the findings in relation to the existing body of knowledge in the field. It aims to achieve the objective of giving greater meaning to the results through an interpretative method. The aim of this chapter, hence, is to combine the main results of the empirical chapters so as to conduct an integrated discussion of the hypotheses identified earlier, whereby it will be possible to highlight the contribution of this study.

For the purpose of clarity and to provide a more clearly structured approach to discussion, the flow of this chapter corresponds to the research hypotheses and to the thematic structure used in the questionnaire and interviews. Thus, the main discussion of the chapter is divided into 10 main sections: ...