Effect of the performance of physical and non-physical facilities on higher institutional facilities
Journal of Facilities Management
ISSN: 1472-5967
Article publication date: 4 October 2018
Issue publication date: 30 October 2018
Abstract
Purpose
The role of institutional facilities is of paramount importance to ensure quality of teaching and learning with respect to achieving quality of education in any given higher educational institutions (HEIs). The purpose of this paper is to determine the performance of physical and non-physical facilities of higher institutional facilities.
Design/methodology/approach
The data were collected from respondents using a closed-end questionnaire. In total, 1,000 questionnaires were administered to students and 735 were returned and valid for analysis. Partial least squares-structural equation modelling was adopted for analysis.
Findings
It was found that the exogenous constructs [physical facilities (PPE) and non-physical facilities (PNE)] scored 32.7 per cent (R2 = 0.327) of the variance of the facility’s performance. It was also found that the physical facility is the most significant factor that determines facility performance.
Research limitations/implications
This paper is limited to investigating the performance of physical and non-physical facilities; it is not in any way a measure for the students’ views about other services offered by the institutions. Future research is needed to use relevant information from HEIs’ facilities for validating factors that determine the facility’s performance.
Practical implications
Physical facility was identified as the most influencing factor that determines the facility performance based on the information provided by respondents. This research should help the facility management department at HEIs when designing the academic facility management. The study will also serve as a yardstick for the Federal Ministry of Education, the National University Commission in academic facility accreditation. This paper contributes to both the body of knowledge in facility management by considering the performance of facilities at HEIs.
Originality/value
This paper demonstrates the duality of HEIs’ facilities into physical and non-physical facilities and their distinct contribution to the overall facility’s performance.
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Citation
Abdullahi, I. and Wan Yusoff, W.Z. (2018), "Effect of the performance of physical and non-physical facilities on higher institutional facilities", Journal of Facilities Management, Vol. 16 No. 4, pp. 374-386. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFM-08-2017-0041
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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