To move or not to move? A study of sustainable retirement village in Malaysia
Sustainability is now on the forefront on a wide variety of global debates, which is hardly surprising given its emphasis to enhance the well-being of society in an increasingly challenging world. The rapid aging of developing societies has compelled policymakers and developers to provide adequate h...
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2020
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| author | Lim, Xin-Jean Ng, Siew Imm Kamal Basha, Norazlyn Cheah, Jun-Hwa Ting, Hiram |
| author_facet | Lim, Xin-Jean Ng, Siew Imm Kamal Basha, Norazlyn Cheah, Jun-Hwa Ting, Hiram |
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| description | Sustainability is now on the forefront on a wide variety of global debates, which is hardly surprising given its emphasis to enhance the well-being of society in an increasingly challenging world. The rapid aging of developing societies has compelled policymakers and developers to provide adequate housing options that meet the diverse needs of elderly populations. As a result, sustainable retirement village (SRV) has emerged as a novel relocation option in meeting the needs of the elderly by providing them an affordable and comfortable living space. Thus, the present study aims to elucidate the multifaced aspects of sustainability features (i.e., social, environmental, and economic aspects) that affect the elderly’s willingness to move into retirement village. A self-administrative survey was adopted to collect data from 261 elderly in Malaysia aged 50 years old and above. The analysis of the structural model has shown that sustainability in the aspect of social and environmental, positively impact on the attitude towards SRV. Besides that, communicability was also found to moderate the path between economic sustainability and attitude as well as attitude towards willingness to move into SRV. The paper concludes with limitations and recommendations for future research. |
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| spelling | upm-1024782024-02-08T02:12:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102478/ To move or not to move? A study of sustainable retirement village in Malaysia Lim, Xin-Jean Ng, Siew Imm Kamal Basha, Norazlyn Cheah, Jun-Hwa Ting, Hiram Sustainability is now on the forefront on a wide variety of global debates, which is hardly surprising given its emphasis to enhance the well-being of society in an increasingly challenging world. The rapid aging of developing societies has compelled policymakers and developers to provide adequate housing options that meet the diverse needs of elderly populations. As a result, sustainable retirement village (SRV) has emerged as a novel relocation option in meeting the needs of the elderly by providing them an affordable and comfortable living space. Thus, the present study aims to elucidate the multifaced aspects of sustainability features (i.e., social, environmental, and economic aspects) that affect the elderly’s willingness to move into retirement village. A self-administrative survey was adopted to collect data from 261 elderly in Malaysia aged 50 years old and above. The analysis of the structural model has shown that sustainability in the aspect of social and environmental, positively impact on the attitude towards SRV. Besides that, communicability was also found to moderate the path between economic sustainability and attitude as well as attitude towards willingness to move into SRV. The paper concludes with limitations and recommendations for future research. Springer New York LLC 2020-04 Article PeerReviewed Lim, Xin-Jean and Ng, Siew Imm and Kamal Basha, Norazlyn and Cheah, Jun-Hwa and Ting, Hiram (2020) To move or not to move? A study of sustainable retirement village in Malaysia. Springer Nature, 41. 2122 - 2138. ISSN 1046-1310; ESSN: 1936-4733 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-020-00734-z 10.1007/s12144-020-00734-z |
| spellingShingle | Lim, Xin-Jean Ng, Siew Imm Kamal Basha, Norazlyn Cheah, Jun-Hwa Ting, Hiram To move or not to move? A study of sustainable retirement village in Malaysia |
| title | To move or not to move? A study of sustainable retirement village in Malaysia |
| title_full | To move or not to move? A study of sustainable retirement village in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | To move or not to move? A study of sustainable retirement village in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | To move or not to move? A study of sustainable retirement village in Malaysia |
| title_short | To move or not to move? A study of sustainable retirement village in Malaysia |
| title_sort | to move or not to move? a study of sustainable retirement village in malaysia |
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