Proenvironmental travel behavior among office workers: A qualitative study of individual and organizational determinants(Article)(Open Access)
- aUniversity College London, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Behavior Research Centre, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- bMaastricht University, Department of Methodology and Statistics, Netherlands
- cOpen University of the Netherlands, Faculty of Psychology, Netherlands
- dMaastricht University, Department of Work and Social Psychology, Netherlands
Abstract
An analysis of individual and organizational determinants of proenvironmental work-related travel behavior, and their interactions, is presented. Interviews and focus groups were conducted with office workers from four organizations in two Dutch provinces. Environmentally-relevant behavior related to commutes and business trips (i.e. travel frequency, travel mode, teleworking, and teleconferencing) was examined. Evidence from interorganizational comparisons suggests that organizational measures did not have uniform effects on employee behavior which was partially due to differences in attitude and personal income. The salience of social norms pertaining to work-related travel behavior also differed between organizations and organizational subpopulations. Differences in attitudes between employees, however, did correspond to some extent to organizational culture or focus differences at the organizational level. Finally, the results underscore the possibility that similar outcomes at the behavioral level might be the result of different underlying dynamics. © 2013 The Authors.
Indexed keywords
| Engineering controlled terms: | Office buildingsPersonnelTeleconferencing |
|---|---|
| Engineering uncontrolled terms | Inter-organizationalOrganizational culturesOrganizational levelsOrganizational sectorRegionStructural equation modelingTheory of Planned BehaviorUnderlying dynamics |
| Engineering main heading: | Tourism industry |
| GEOBASE Subject Index: | numerical modelorganizational changequalitative analysistravel behaviortravel demandtravel timeworkplace |
| Regional Index: | Netherlands |
- ISSN: 09658564
- Source Type: Journal
- Original language: English
- DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.09.002
- Document Type: Article
- Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Lo, S.H.; University College London, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Behavior Research Centre, Gower Street, United Kingdom;
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