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The Relationship Between Service Quality and Occupants’ Satisfaction: A Mixed-Use Building

Open Access
|Mar 2023

Abstract

In order to accommodate the city’s growing population and land shortage, more vertical buildings are being built nowadays, and mixed-use buildings, as opposed to those with a specific purpose, like residences and businesses, are being developed. Due to the structure’s complexity, this building nonetheless presents several issues to property management. Property management companies must comprehend people’s current needs and wishes to keep up with satisfaction levels and service quality. As a result, this study aims to ascertain how well a building’s services are provided in relation to how satisfied its residents are. A total of 500 respondents were surveyed, and a partial least squares structural equation model (PLS-SEM) analysis was performed to determine the relationships between the variables. The empirical results of this study revealed that four out of the five independent variables, i.e. tangibles, reliability, assurance, and empathy, show a significant relationship with occupants’ satisfaction. These research findings may give current insight for property management firms and personnel to improve the quality of their services by implementing corrective measures and prioritizing work, which increases resident satisfaction.

Language: English
Page range: 78 - 87
Submitted on: Aug 24, 2022
Accepted on: Nov 2, 2022
Published on: Mar 10, 2023
Published by: Real Estate Management and Valuation
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2023 Fatin Umaira Muhamad Azian, Nurhayati Khair, Tum Choo Yoong, Suhana Ismail, Noordeyana Tambi, published by Real Estate Management and Valuation
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.