This study aims to empirically analyze the effects of real estate property management services on tenants’ lease renewal intentions in studio-type multi-household housing. Studio-type multi-household housing has become a major housing type in the pr...
This study aims to empirically analyze the effects of real estate property management services on tenants’ lease renewal intentions in studio-type multi-household housing. Studio-type multi-household housing has become a major housing type in the private rental housing market due to the increase in single-person households and the expansion of demand for small rental housing around university districts and industrial complexes. However, because of the characteristics of small-scale private rental housing, limitations in management expertise and variations in management quality exist, and these factors serve as important determinants affecting tenants’ residential satisfaction and lease renewal intentions. Nevertheless, studies systematically analyzing the relationship between real estate property management services and tenants’ lease renewal intentions remain limited.
This study classifies real estate property management services into four dimensions: physical/facility factors, social factors, managerial factors, and economic factors. Based on the belief–attitude–behavioral intention framework of the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), this study analyzes the process through which tenants’ perceptions of real estate property management services are formed into attitudes and how those attitudes are translated into lease renewal intentions as a form of behavioral intention. By incorporating perceived importance and value evaluation of real estate property management services into the attitude formation process, this study seeks to explain how perceptions of management services are translated into behavioral intentions. In addition, the moderating effects of rental management approaches (self-management, delegated management, and mixed management) were also examined.
For the research method, a survey was conducted using convenience sampling among tenants aged 18 years or older residing in studio-type multi-household housing located near university districts and industrial complexes in Gyeongsan City, Gyeongsangbuk-do. A total of 338 valid responses were collected. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), reliability analysis, and correlation analysis, and hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to verify the effects of real estate property management service factors. In addition, interaction-term analysis was performed to test the moderating effects of rental management approaches.
The results indicate that physical/facility factors, managerial factors, and economic factors have significant positive effects on tenants’ lease renewal intentions, whereas social factors were found to be statistically insignificant. The insignificant effect of social factors may be explained by the characteristics of studio-type multi-household housing, where tenants generally have short residential periods, high residential mobility, and strong tendencies toward individualized living. Managerial factors emerged as a key influencing factor, and their effects were found to be partially strengthened under delegated management. The direct effect of rental management approaches themselves was not statistically significant, indicating that the quality and operational level of real estate property management services are more important determinants of lease renewal intentions than the management approach itself.
This study is meaningful in that it applies the belief–attitude–behavioral intention framework of the Theory of Reasoned Action to the relationship between real estate property management services and lease renewal intentions and extends its application to the housing and rental context. In addition, by utilizing an attitude structure that combines perceived importance and value evaluation, this study explains the formation process of tenants’ lease renewal intentions. The findings empirically confirm that the quality and operational level of real estate property management services have significant effects on tenants’ lease renewal decision-making in the small-scale private rental housing market. The results suggest that, in the management of small-scale rental housing, not only the quality of management services but also the standardization and accountability of management operations should be given important consideration.