Enhancing owner participation and realizing the long-term management of old residential communities is conducive to the sustainable development of human settlements. “Owner identity” is the premise that the individual has a comanagement right to the community, but little research has studied owner participation in old residential community management from the perspective of identity. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to establish a systematic conceptual model based on the identity perspective that systematically abstracts and explains the process of whether and how owner involvement occurs and transforms. This paper, which adopts the method of theory-driven case study with identity and social identity theories as the reference theories, conducts a single case study of the M community in Xi’an, China. The results show that the intention of owners to participate in the management of the community depends on their identity salience; the behavioral norms of participation are internalized identity standards and in-group prototypes, and the behavioral practice is a combination of interactive identity verification and a positive distinctiveness process. This paper proposes five promotional countermeasures, including exploring public issues and organizing intergroup contact, to provide practical guidance for grassroots governments, property management companies and other comanagement subjects in guiding owner participation. This study contributes both to academic research and to policy decision-making by using the systemic and identity perspective to understand the mechanism of owner participation in old residential community management.

加强业主的参与并实现对旧居民区的长期管理，有利于人类住区的可持续发展。“所有者身份”是个人拥有对社区的共同管理权的前提，但是很少有研究从身份的角度研究所有者对旧住宅社区管理的参与。因此，本研究的目的是建立基于身份观点的系统概念模型，该模型系统地抽象和解释所有者是否参与以及如何发生和转化的过程。本文采用以身份和社会身份理论为基础的理论驱动的案例研究方法，对西安市的M社区进行了个案研究。结果表明，所有者参与社区管理的意图取决于他们的身份显着性。参与的行为规范是内部化的身份标准和小组内原型，而行为实践则是交互式身份验证和积极的独特性过程的结合。本文提出了五种促进对策，包括探索公共问题和组织团体间联系，为基层政府，物业管理公司和其他共同管理主体提供指导，以指导业主参与。这项研究通过系统和身份的角度来理解所有者参与旧住宅社区管理的机制，为学术研究和政策决策做出了贡献。