The Influence of Passengers’ Perceived Social Responsibility Efforts on Their Satisfaction in Public-Private-Partnership Urban Rail Transit Projects

Caiyun Cui, Meng Liu, Yong Liu, Bo Xia, Martin Skitmore and Guobo Han
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Caiyun Cui: Architectural Engineering College, North China Institute of Science and Technology, Langfang 065201, China
Meng Liu: Architectural Engineering College, North China Institute of Science and Technology, Langfang 065201, China
Yong Liu: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Bo Xia: School of Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane 4001, Australia
Martin Skitmore: Faculty of Society and Design, Bond University, Gold Coast 4226, Australia
Guobo Han: Architectural Engineering College, North China Institute of Science and Technology, Langfang 065201, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 23, 1-16

Abstract: With the rapid development of public-private-partnership (PPP) urban rail transit (URT) projects in China, their social responsibility (SR) is considered to provide a useful way of guaranteeing passengers’ rights and to help urban sustainable development. However, what remains largely unknown is how passengers’ perceptions of the SR effort of such projects’ influences their satisfaction. To bridge this knowledge gap, the current study first proposes a conceptual model based on social responsibility and satisfaction theories. Hypotheses are then tested through bootstrapping analysis based on data drawn from a questionnaire survey of 436 residents from three typical PPP URT projects. The results show that the relationship between the passengers’ perceived SR effort and their satisfaction with PPP URT projects is sequentially and doubly mediated by perceived quality and perceived value. The findings contribute to the current body of knowledge in social responsibility and user satisfaction by introducing passenger-perceived SR effort as an antecedent factor, and offer valuable practical and managerial implications for the projects’ operation management to help promote urban sustainability.

Keywords: social responsibility; perceived quality; perceived value; user satisfaction; public-private partnership; urban rail transit projects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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