The role of individualistic versus collectivist values in shaping the residential choice of Palestinian knowledge-workers

《The role of individualistic versus collectivist values in shaping the residential choice of Palestinian knowledge-workers》

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作者单位: Department of Geography, Environment and Geo-Information, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel;Department of Geography, Environment and Geo-Information, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel;Dr Daniel Ibrahim Dabara School of the Built Environment, Real Estate Programme, Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom;Department of Estate Management, Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State, Nigeria;Department of Architecture, Epoka University, Tirana, Albania;Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China;Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, The University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, China;School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China;School of Geography, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK;Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development. Weberplatz 1, 01217, Dresden, Germany;Municipal Housing Secretary, São Paulo City Hall, São Paulo, Brazil;Department of Agricultural Land Surveying, Cadastre and Photogrammetry, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland

摘要: Housing preferences in the Middle East are largely family-oriented. With the increase in the number of university graduates who have experienced life outside traditional Arab settings, housing preferences are arguably changing toward a more western career-centered orientation. Yet familial allegiances have not disappeared. This study hypothesizes that residential preferences of Middle-Eastern knowledge-workers differ from their Western counterparts. We offer a new value-based conceptual framework for analyzing the residential preferences of knowledge-workers from communities with a history of tribal belonging, tight kinship structures, and strong familial ties in determining residential choice. The analyzed case study focuses on young Palestinian knowledge-workers preferences between traditional housing in the hometown and medium-density neighborhoods in larger cities. The new conceptual framework explores the role of individualistic values (i.e., career, privacy, lifestyle) versus collectivist values (i.e., family and community life), urban amenities, and the perceived locus of opportunities. The framework offers an alternative to the current practice assessing knowledge-workers residential preferences solely based on individualistic values and location amenities. The framework is validated using a multiple-indicators, multiple-causes (MIMIC) model estimated with a sample of Israeli-Palestinian knowledge-workers in Israel.