@inproceedings{5927e7c5908a4232805a3cd098bbb307,
title = "Modelling the impact of technological innovations on the sustainability of South African affordable housing projects",
abstract = "Sustainable, affordable house development can be facilitated by adopting appropriate technological innovations. However, limited studies provide practical knowledge on the impact of key influencers on adopting these technological innovations in African affordable housing projects. Therefore, the impact of internal and external influencers on the degree of technological innovation adaptation in South African affordable housing projects is examined in the current study. The initial findings were used to develop a sustainable, innovative, affordable housing (SIAH) causal model. The developed casual model and the relationship between the constructs/sub-constructs were validated through structured data collected from official South African home developers. The study found a low positive impact of internal influences and a moderate negative impact of external influences on home developers' adoption of technological innovation in South African affordable housing projects. Moreover, the research proved the high negative mediating impact of external influences on the association between internal influences and technological innovation adoption level. The study deduces that external influencers are the main drivers of adopting technological innovation in affordable housing, which means that by addressing the external influences, the level of adoption will significantly improve. This is due to the direct and mediating adverse effects of external influencers on adopting technological innovation in affordable housing projects. The SIAH model can be a robust framework to reduce the challenges of adaptation to technological innovations in SIAH.",
keywords = "Affordable housing, Internal and external influences, Level of adoption, Sustainability, Technological innovation",
author = "Alireza Moghayedi and Bankole Awuzie and {Le Jeune}, Karen and Mark Massyn and Temitope Omotayo",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 by CITC-13.; 13th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century, CITC 2023 ; Conference date: 08-05-2023 Through 11-05-2023",
year = "2023",
language = "English",
series = "International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century",
publisher = "East Carolina University",
editor = "Ahmed, {Syed M.} and Salman Azhar and Saul, {Amelia D.} and Mahaffy, {Kelly L.} and Farooqui, {Rizwan U.}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century, CITC 2023",
address = "United States",
}
