Standard of workmanship, crime rate and condition of lift systems influence collective action in low-cost housing
ISSN: 0263-2772
Article publication date: 17 May 2023
Issue publication date: 12 June 2023
Abstract
Purpose
Under Malaysian Law, the maintenance and management of common property have traditionally been viewed as insoluble challenges in the self-organisational efforts for high-rise low-cost housing developments. As the population increases, more shared resources become heavily exploited with few willing to contribute towards the sustainability of resources. Many researchers argued a better way would be to convert these shared resources into a private or state-managed entity. Hence, with that assumption, this paper aims to examine how better physical characteristics can result in greater collective action.
Design/methodology/approach
This research paper adopted a quantitative method approach to determine how the standard of physical characteristics influenced the quality of collective action in high-rise low-cost housing. The method included a questionnaire survey of 519 parcel holders chosen via stratified purposeful random sampling from four high-rise low-cost housing areas.
Findings
The paper found a positive correlation between the quality of physical characteristics and the collective action gained. The findings highlighted that the standard of workmanship of high-rise low-cost units (including the common properties), the crime rate in the neighbourhood and the condition of lift systems – when improved – were significant positive predictors of collective action.
Practical implications
Housing developers should pay attention to the quality of both low-cost units and related common properties, as this endeavour will assist greatly in future collective action management.
Originality/value
The study was justified in terms of its originality as few research studies adopted the social-ecological system framework that focused on the correlation between the quality of physical characteristics and the collective action of parcel holders.
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Acknowledgements
Corrigendum: It has come to the attention of the publisher that the article Wang, H.K., Au-Yong, C.P., Ling, G.H.T. and Law, K.A. (2023), “Standard of workmanship, crime rate and condition of lift systems influence collective action in low-cost housing”, Facilities, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-06-2022-0085 that Figure 3 should be numbered as Figure 4, Figure 4 should be numbered as Figure 3 and the figure source on Figure 3 “courtesy of Ostrom (2007)” belongs to Figure 2. The authors sincerely apologise for these errors.
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) FRGS/1/2019/SSI11/UM/02/6, No. FP077-2019A, established by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia. The authors also express their gratitude to the two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments that strengthen the content of this paper.
Citation
Wang, H.K., Au-Yong, C.P., Ling, G.H.T. and Law, K.A. (2023), "Standard of workmanship, crime rate and condition of lift systems influence collective action in low-cost housing", Facilities, Vol. 41 No. 9/10, pp. 599-622. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-06-2022-0085
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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