Community Development

A typical project involves an assessment of the quality of life of a community. Specifically, residents' satisfaction with various government, business, and nonprofit services is assessed in relation to their contribution to the quality of life of the community at large. The objective of this research is to identify important government/business/nonprofit services that residents feel dissatisfied with and help develop community policies that can enhance community quality of life. Publications supporting this program of studies generated by OQOLM:

Sirgy, M. Joseph (2011). "Theoretical Perspectives Guiding QOL Indicator Projects." Social Indicators Research.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Rhonda Phillips, and Don Rahtz, Eds. (2011). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Practices V. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Publisher.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Robin Widgery, Dong-Jin Lee, and Grace B. Yu (2010). "Developing a Measure of Community Well-Being Based on Perceptions of Impact in Various Life Domains." Social Indicators Research, 96(2), 295-311.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Rhonda Phillips, and Don Rahtz (2009). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases IV. Dordrechet, The Netherlands: Springer Publishers.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Rhonda Phillips, and Don Rahtz (2009). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases III. Dordrechet, The Netherlands: Springer Publishers.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Tao Gao, and Robert F. Young (2008). "How Does Residents' Satisfaction with Community Services Influences Quality of Life (QOL) Outcomes?" Applied Research in Quality of Life, 3, 81-105.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Dong-Jin Lee, Stephan Grzeskowiak, Jean-Charles Chebat, Andreas Herrmann, Salah Hassan, Ibrahim Hegazi, Ahmet Ekici, Dave Webb, Chenting Su, and Jordi Montana (2008). "An Extension and Further Validation of a Community-Based Consumer Well-Being Measure." Journal of Macromarketing, 28(3), 243-257.
Sirgy, M. Joseph (2007). The Science of Community Quality-of-Life Indicators Research. Blacksburg , VA : International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Don Rahtz, and Rhonda Phillips (2007). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases III. Blacksburg , VA : International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Don Rahtz, and David Swain (2006). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases II. Dordrecht , Netherlands : Springer Publishers.
Grzeskowiak, Stephan, M. Joseph Sirgy, Dong-Jin Lee, and C. B. Claiborne (2006). "Housing Well-being: Developing and Validating a Measure." Social Indicators Research, 79, 503-541.
Sirgy, M. Joseph and Dong-Jin Lee (2006). "Macro Measures of Consumer Well-being (CWB): A Critical Analysis and a Research Agenda." Journal of Macromarketing, 26(1), 27-44.
Sirgy, M. Joseph and Don Rahtz (2006). "A Measure and Method to Assess Community Quality-of-Life." Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases II, edited by M. Joseph Sirgy, Don Rahtz, and David Swain, Springer Publishers.
Sirgy, M. Joseph (2005), A Quality-of-Life Scorecard of Counties and Cities in Virginia. Blacksburg, Virginia: Office of Quality-of-Life Measurement, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Stephan Grzeskowiak, and Chenting Su (2005). "Explaining Housing Preference and Choice: The Role of Self-congruity and Functional Congruity." Journal of Housing and Built Environment, 20, 329-347 .
Sirgy, M. Joseph and Dong-Jin Lee (2004). "Macro Measures of Consumer Well Being (CWB): A Critical Analysis and a Research Agenda." Macromarketing Scholarship and Education for a Global Century: Proceedings of the 29th Annual Macromarketing Conference, edited by John D. Mittelstaedt and Stanley J. Shapiro, Society of Macromarketing, pp. 32-39.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Don Rahtz, and Dong-Jin lee (2004). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases. Dordrecht, The Neherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Grzeskowiak, Stephan, M. Joseph Sirgy, and Robin Widgery (2003). "Residents Satisfaction with Community Services: Predictors and Outcomes." Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 33(2), 1-36..
Sirgy, M. Joseph and Terri Cornwell (2002), "How Neighborhood Features Affect Quality of Life." Social Indicators Research, 59(1), 79-114.
Sirgy, M. Joseph and Chenting Su (2001). "Housing Preference and Choice: A Research Agenda Based on Self-Congruity Theory." the Lalonde Seminar, 28th International Research Seminar in Marketing, edited by Christian Derbaix, Lynn R. Kahle, Dwight Merunka, and Alain Strazzien, France: Institut d'Administration des Entreprise d'Aix-en-Provence - Universite' d'Aix - Marseille, pp. 495-511.
Sirgy, M. Joseph (2001), "A Measure and Method to Assess Community Quality of Life." Intervencion Psisocial, 10(1), 71-84 (Spanish).
Sirgy, M. Joseph (2001), "Assessing Community Quality-of-Life Through Subjective Indicators." Urban Quality Indicators, 21, 2-3.
Sirgy, M. Joseph (2001), "Do's and Don'ts in Conducting Community Quality-of-Life Surveys." Urban Quality Indicators, 21, 3.
Sirgy, M. Joseph and Terri Cornwell (2000), "Further Validation of the Sirgy et al.'s Measure of Community Quality of Life." Social Indicators Research, 56, 125-143.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Don R. Rahtz, Muris Cicic, and Robert Underwood (2000), "A Method for Assessing Residents' Satisfaction with Community-Based Services: A Quality-of-Life Perspective," Social Indicators Research, 49, 279-316.
Sirgy, M. Joseph (2000), A Subjective Indicators Assessment of Community Quality-of-Life of the New Century Region, Virginia. Blacksburg, Virginia: Office of Quality-of-Life Measurement, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech.