Examining employees' preference toward telecommuting with an emphasis on women employees
The increasing role of women in social and economical activities expands their contributions to urban traffic. Telecommuting as an approach in Transportation Demand Management (TDM) can play an important role in lessening or redistributing peak hour trips. In this study, telecommuting by focusing on women employees’ characteristics is examined. The sample used in this research has been obtained from the survey at seven organizations in Tehran, Iran. Three discrete choice models are generated based on collected data. Using binary logit and ordered probit models, women employees' preferences towards telecommuting and their preferences of working from home or local offices as well as the frequency of doing telecommuting are modelled. Moreover, marginal effects are discussed for each model. Results indicate the significance of the effects of telecommuting for women. More attention should be given to women's profession characteristics, their commuting specifications, and their personal and social characteristics.
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Corporate Authors:
Federation Internationale De L'Automobile (FIA)
8 Place de la Concorde
Paris, France 14-20 bd Newton, Cité Descartes, Champs su Marne
77447 Marne la Vallée, France Cedex 2Department of Transportation
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Arabikhan, Farzad
- Kermanshah, Mohammad
- Postorino, M Nadia
- Gegov, Alexander
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Conference:
- 5th International Conference on Women's Issues in Transportation
- Location: Paris , France
- Date: 2014-4-14 to 2014-4-16
- Publication Date: 2014
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 563-572
- Monograph Title: Women's Issues in Transportation 5th International Conference. Proceedings: Bridging the Gap
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Choice models; Employees; Females; Gender; Logits; Mode choice; Probits; Telecommuting; Travel behavior; Travel demand management
- Geographic Terms: Tehran (Iran)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01554023
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 24 2015 5:01PM