TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The well-being of the elderly is a growing issue of concern for countries around the world. One way to enhance the elderly well-being is to provide housing options suitable to their needs and lifestyle. Retirement village is an accommodation concept foreign to the Malaysian population. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to bridge this literature gap by analyzing factors that may inhibit or motivate the buying intention of a retirement village unit among the elderly in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 261 Malaysian elderly and analyzed using structural equation modeling PLS.Findings The results indicated that attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control and social sustainability were significant predictors that explained elderly buying intention of retirement village.Originality/value The study also found a significant moderating role of religion in attitude–intention relationship. The paper concludes with the study’s implications, limitations and recommendations for future research.
VL  - 32
IS  - 7
SN  - 1355-5855
DO  - 10.1108/APJML-05-2019-0295
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/APJML-05-2019-0295
AU  - Ng Siew Imm
AU  - Zhao Fang
AU  - Lim Xin-Jean
AU  - Kamal Basha Norazlyn
AU  - Sambasivan Murali
PY  - 2020
Y1  - 2020/01/01
TI  - Retirement village buying intention: A case study on the Muslim and non-Muslim Malaysian elderly
T2  - Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 1451
EP  - 1473
Y2  - 2024/05/12
ER  -